''Pedicularis verticillata'', the whorled lousewort, is a species of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
in the family
Orobanchaceae
Orobanchaceae, the broomrapes, is a family (biology), family of mostly parasitic plants of the order (biology), order Lamiales, with about 90 genus, genera and more than 2000 species. Many of these genera (e.g., ''Pedicularis'', ''Rhinanthus'', ...
which can be found in
Alaska
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, North-Western
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...
, and everywhere in
China
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at the elevation of .
Its native habitats include moist meadows and lakeshores.
Description
The plant is a perennial herb
and is high. The
stems are erect at the center and have hairs which come in four lines. It leaves carry long petioles which are white coloured while its leaf-blades are oblong, lanceolate and are by (sometimes they are as wide as ). Both stem and basal leaves are of the same length while the species'
calyx is red and is long and is ovoid.
Raceme
A raceme () or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate growth, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers. The oldest flowers grow close to the base and new flowers are ...
is
inflorescent and dense, with white coloured
flower
Flowers, also known as blooms and blossoms, are the reproductive structures of flowering plants ( angiosperms). Typically, they are structured in four circular levels, called whorls, around the end of a stalk. These whorls include: calyx, m ...
s. It
corolla is of purple colour and is with right tube being bent. The galea is falcate, long and rounded at the front. The plant'
capsule is by , and is both apiculate and lanceolate with the
seed
In botany, a seed is a plant structure containing an embryo and stored nutrients in a protective coat called a ''testa''. More generally, the term "seed" means anything that can be Sowing, sown, which may include seed and husk or tuber. Seeds ...
s being long.
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See also
*'' Pedicularis lanata''
*''Pedicularis sudetica
''Pedicularis sudetica'', common names of which are fernweed, Sudeten lousewort, Sedetic lousewort, and Sudetic lousewort is a species of flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae which is native to Poland, the former Czechoslovakia, and northe ...
''
References
External links
Description of how plant blooms and photos of it every day life
on Alaska Wildflowers
Alaska ( ) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is also considered to be the norther ...
verticillata
Flora of Alaska
Flora of Canada
Flora of China
Plants described in 1753
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
Flora of the Carpathians
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