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|accepted_name=Pedicularis crenulata
|accepted_authority=Bentham in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Prodr.
|place=10: 568. 1846
|year=1846
}}
|common_names=Meadow lousewort
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orobanchaceae;Pedicularis;Pedicularis crenulata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orobanchaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Pedicularis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Pedicularis crenulata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 512
|treatment_page=page 520
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>10–40 cm. <b>Leaves</b>: basal 8–10, blade narrowly elliptic to linear, 15–40 x 3–6 mm, undivided, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping, 2-crenate, surfaces glabrous; cauline 10–40, blade linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 10–60 x 2–6 mm, undivided, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping, 2-crenate, surfaces glabrous. <b>Racemes</b> simple, 1–10, exceeding basal leaves, each 10–50-flowered; bracts triangular or lanceolate to oblanceolate, 10–15 x 3–4 mm, undivided, proximal margins entire, distal crenate to 2-crenate, surfaces glabrous. <b>Pedicels</b> 3–3.5 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx 8.5–11 mm, hirsute along veins or glabrous, lobes 2, triangular, 0.5–1 mm, apex entire, glabrous or ciliate; corolla 20–26 mm, tube light pink, rarely white, 12–15 mm; galea reddish violet, sometimes white, 8–11 mm, beakless, margins entire medially, 1-toothed distally, apex arching over abaxial lip; abaxial lip reddish violet, sometimes white, 4–8 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Aug.
|habitat=Moist grassy, sagebrush basins, alpine meadows.
|elevation=1500–3200 m.
|distribution=Calif.;Colo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p><i>Pedicularis crenulata</i> is abundant in moist swales of alpine to subalpine sagebrush meadows of the mid to southern Rocky Mountains, as well as California and <i>Nevada</i>, where large populations with their reddish violet flowers create a distinctive swath across the otherwise green landscape. The undivided, nearly linear leaves with two-crenate margins are unique among North American species of <i>Pedicularis</i>. The galea bears a single apical tooth on each abaxial margin at the distal tip. Other species with the combination of two calyx lobes and undivided, linear to nearly linear leaves are <i>P. angustifolia</i> and <i>P. racemosa</i>.</p>
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name=Pedicularis crenulata
|authority=Bentham in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Orobanchaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Aug.
|habitat=Moist grassy, sagebrush basins, alpine meadows.
|elevation=1500–3200 m.
|distribution=Calif.;Colo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Prodr.
|publication year=1846
|special status=Endemic
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|genus=Pedicularis
|species=Pedicularis crenulata
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