Biology:Pedicularis attollens
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Genus: | Pedicularis |
| Species: | P. attollens
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| Binomial name | |
| Pedicularis attollens A.Gray
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Pedicularis attollens is a species of flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae known by the common name little elephant's head lousewort. It is native to Oregon and California , where it grows in moist mountainous areas such as meadows and bogs. It is a perennial herb growing up to 60 centimetres (24 in) in maximum height with one or more stems emerging from a caudex. The leaves are comblike, divided into many linear lobes. The inflorescence is a raceme occupying the top of the stem. The sepals of the flowers and the bracts between them are woolly. The flower is under 1 centimetre (2⁄5 in) long and divided into a curving trunklike upper lip and a three-lobed lower lip. It is pink or purplish in color with darker stripes. The fruit is a capsule up to 1 centimetre (2⁄5 in) long containing seeds with netlike surfaces.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7159251 entry
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