Family | OROBANCHACEAE |
Genus species | Pedicularis arctica R.Br. |
Bibliography | Chlor. Melvill.: 22 (1823) |
Native Range | n. Siberia to Subarctic America |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
Description | stems glabrous, purple, basal leaves thinly petiolate, glabrous, pinnatifid, segments dentate, stem leaves linear, pinnate, segments deltate, inflorescence capitate |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | late spring |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. over 1 year, 13-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Synonyms | Pedicularis langsdorffii ssp. arctica (R.Br.) Pennel PedicularIs langsdorffii var. arctica (R.Br.) Polunin |
Territory | 3 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) |