Little Elephantshead (Pedicularis attollens)
Description
Pedicularis attollens-is a species of flowering plant in the-broomrape family-known by the common name-little elephant's head. 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 centimeters 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 a centimeter 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 a centimeter long containing seeds with netlike surfaces.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Lamiales
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Family: Orobanchaceae
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Genus: Pedicularis
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