View source for Orthocarpus luteus

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|accepted_name=Orthocarpus luteus
|accepted_authority=Nuttall
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. N. Amer. Pl.
|place=2: 57. 1818
|year=1818
}}
|common_names=Yellow owl’s-clover
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Orthocarpus strictus
|authority=Bentham
}}
|hierarchy=Orobanchaceae;Orthocarpus;Orthocarpus luteus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orobanchaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Orthocarpus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Orthocarpus luteus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 680, 681, 684
|treatment_page=page 683
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Annuals </b>10–40(–60) cm. <b>Stems</b> erect to ascending, pubescent and pilose. <b>Leaves</b> 15–50 mm; blade: proximal margins entire, distal entire or 3-lobed. <b>Inflorescences</b> spikes, (2–)5–20 cm; bracts 10–20 mm, margins 3-lobed in distal 1/2, proximal resembling distal leaves, midlobe green distally, triangular, 2–3 mm wide, apex acuminate, not cuspidate, lateral lobes narrowly lanceolate. <b>Pedicels</b> 0 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx 5–8 mm; corolla 10–15 mm, longer than bracts, abaxial lip inflated, lobes 3, rounded, adaxial lip golden yellow, 2–4 mm, equal to abaxial, glandular-puberulent, tip minutely hooked, not bearded. <b>Capsules</b> 5–7 mm, apex retuse. <b>Seeds</b> 20–35, yellow or dark brown, ovoid, 1.2–1.5 mm, reticulate, longitudinally ridged. <b>2n</b> = 28.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Sep.
|habitat=Grasslands, sagebrush scrub, mountain meadows, disturbed grounds.
|elevation=(200–)400–3000 m.
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Ont.;Sask.;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Minn.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;N.Dak.;Oreg.;S.Dak.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p>Orthocarpus luteus can be distinguished by its golden yellow corollas, with minutely hooked tips on adaxial lips. The Ontario population is not native. The Blackfeet used the leaves of O. luteus to dye skins, hair, and feathers red to reddish brown (A. Johnston 1987).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Orthocarpus luteus
|author=
|authority=Nuttall
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Orthocarpus strictus
|basionyms=
|family=Orobanchaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Sep.
|habitat=Grasslands, sagebrush scrub, mountain meadows, disturbed grounds.
|elevation=(200–)400–3000 m.
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Ont.;Sask.;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Minn.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;N.Dak.;Oreg.;S.Dak.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Gen. N. Amer. Pl.
|publication year=1818
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated;Endemic
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|genus=Orthocarpus
|species=Orthocarpus luteus
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