Pedicularis lanata Cham. & Schltdl.
woolly lousewort
Orobanchaceae (Broom-rape family)
(Previously in Scrophulariaceae)

Introduction to Vascular Plants

Photograph

© Ian Gardiner     (Photo ID #24332)


Map

E-Flora BC Static Map

Distribution of Pedicularis lanata
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SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC

Pedicularis lanata ssp. lanata

Species Information

General:
Perennial herb from a thick yellow taproot; stems usually single, erect, 5-30 cm tall, unbranched, densely long-hairy to white-woolly, especially in the inflorescence.
Leaves:
Basal leaves numerous, long-stalked, narrowly lanceolate, deeply pinnately lobed to pinnately compound, the lobes toothed to pinnately cleft; stem leaves alternate, short-stalked, rather numerous and not much smaller than the basal ones.
Flowers:
Inflorescence a dense, bracted, terminal spike of numerous flowers, the spike soon elongating, the bracts similar to the leaves but reduced upward, white-woolly; corollas pink to lavender, smooth, 15-20 (25) mm long, 2-lipped, the upper lip somewhat arched, hood-like, beakless and lacking teeth, the lower lip about as long as the upper, 3-lobed; calyces 4-5 mm long, long-woolly, 5-toothed, the teeth triangular, about 1 mm long; stamens 4, the filaments long-hairy.
Fruits:
Capsules, egg-shaped, pointy-tipped, 8-13 mm long; seeds several, with a loose, ashy-grey, honeycombed seed-coat.

SourceThe Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Ecology

Ecological Framework for Pedicularis lanata

The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)

Site Information
Value / Class

Avg

Min

Max

Elevation (metres)
1584 6 2525
Slope Gradient (%)
17 0 235

Aspect (degrees)
[0 - N; 90 - E; 180 - S; 270 - W]

279 0 360
Soil Moisture Regime (SMR)
[0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic;
8 - hydric]
3 0 7
Modal Nutrient Regime
Class
C
# of field plots
 species was recorded in:
159
Modal BEC Zone Class
BAFA

All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in

AT(4), BAFA(88), BWBS(7), ESSF(18), IMA(5), SWB(13)

Habitat and Range

Mesic to dry rocky slopes and ridges and grassy tundra in the alpine zone; infrequent in BC north of 54degreeN; circumpolar, N to AK, YT and NT and E to AB, disjunct to N PQ; Greenland, Eurasia.

SourceThe Illustrated Flora of British Columbia