View source for Pedicularis flammea

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|accepted_name=Pedicularis flammea
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 609. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Red-tipped lousewort;redrattle;pédiculaire flammée
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orobanchaceae;Pedicularis;Pedicularis flammea
|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 flammea]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 513, 518, 526
|treatment_page=page 522
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>1.5–20 cm. <b>Leaves</b>: basal 2–5, blade lanceolate, 5–25 x 2–6 mm, 1-pinnatifid, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping or slightly overlapping distally, 2-serrate, surfaces glabrous; cauline 3–6, blade lanceolate, 5–30 x 3–10 mm, 1-pinnatifid, margins of adjacent lobes nonoverlapping or slightly overlapping distally, 2-serrate, surfaces glabrous. <b>Racemes</b> simple, 1 or 2, exceeding basal leaves, each 5–10-flowered; bracts lanceolate, 10–15 x 1–2 mm, pinnatifid, proximal margins entire, distal 1- or 2-serrate, surfaces glabrous. <b>Pedicels</b> 3–10 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx 4.5–7 mm, glabrous, lobes 5, triangular, 1.5–2.5 mm, apex entire, glabrous; corolla 12–15 mm, tube yellow, 8–10 mm; galea bicolored, yellow proximally, dark red to purple distally, 4–5 mm, beakless, margins entire medially and distally, apex arching slightly over abaxial lip; abaxial lip yellow, 1.5–3 mm. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jul.
|habitat=Wet meadows, along streams, tundras, flood plains.
|elevation=0–2500 m.
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;Man.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Ont.;Que.;Europe (Norway;Sweden);Asia;Atlantic Islands (Iceland).
|discussion=<p>Pedicularis flammea is often confused with P. oederi, which also has red- or purple-tipped galeas. Compared to other Pedicularis species, including P. oederi, flowers of P. flammea are much smaller.</p><!--
--><p>Pedicularis flammea is a boreal-arctic species found only in northern parts of many Canadian provinces.</p>
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name=Pedicularis flammea
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Orobanchaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jul.
|habitat=Wet meadows, along streams, tundras, flood plains.
|elevation=0–2500 m.
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;Man.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Ont.;Que.;Europe (Norway;Sweden);Asia;Atlantic Islands (Iceland).
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_910.xml
|genus=Pedicularis
|species=Pedicularis flammea
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