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Pedicularis arctica R.Br.  
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FamilyOROBANCHACEAE
Genus speciesPedicularis arctica R.Br. 
BibliographyChlor. Melvill.: 22 (1823)
Native Rangen. Siberia to Subarctic America
Primary BiomeSubarctic
Habitattundra
Descriptionstems glabrous, purple, basal leaves thinly petiolate, glabrous, pinnatifid, segments dentate, stem leaves linear, pinnate, segments deltate, inflorescence capitate
Size10-15cm
Colorpurple
Bloomlate spring
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in winter, barely covered, germ. over 1 year, 13-16°C
division in spring just as young growth commences
SynonymsPedicularis langsdorffii ssp. arctica (R.Br.) Pennel
PedicularIs langsdorffii var. arctica (R.Br.) Polunin
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (KRA Krasnoyarsk, YAK Yakutskiya)
     31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan)
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon)
     71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia)
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