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Pedicularis capitata Adams  
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FamilyOROBANCHACEAE
Genus speciesPedicularis capitata Adams 
BibliographyMém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 5: 100 (1817)
Native RangeSiberia to Russian Far East, Subarctic America to Canada
Primary BiomeSubalpine or Subarctic
Habitatgrassland
Altitude10-2100m
Descriptionbasal leaves long petiolate, pinnatisect, segments ovate-oblong, pinnatifid, dentate, inflorescence few flowered, capitate, flowers 2-3cm long
Size5-15cm
Coloryellow
Bloomsummer
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. 1-3 months, 10-16°C
division in spring just as young growth commences
SynonymsPedicularis grandiflora Cham. ex Ledeb.
Pedicularis nelsonii R.Br.
Pedicularis stelleriana Pall. ex Steven
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, KRA Krasnoyarsk, YAK Yakutskiya)
     31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., 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)
     72 Eastern Canada (QUE Québec)
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