Family | OROBANCHACEAE |
Genus species | Pedicularis racemosa Douglas ex Benth. |
Bibliography | Fl. Bor.-Amer. [W.J.Hooker] 2: 108 (1838) |
Native Range | w. Canada to w. USA and New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 700-3100m |
Description | stem leaves linear or narrowly lanceolate, entire or serrate, glabrous, raceme simple, bracts lanceolate, entire, calyx glabrous, lobes 2, triangular, corolla 10-15mm |
Size | 3-15cm |
Color | |
Bloom | summer, autumn |
Ca | |
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. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |