Dudley'S Lousewort (Pedicularis dudleyi)
Description
The species is a hairy-perennial-herb-and produces one or more stems 10 to 30 centimetres (3.9 to 11.8-in) tall from a-caudex. The leaves are up to 26 centimetres (10-in) long and divided into many toothed lobes or lobed leaflets. The-inflorescence-is a-raceme-of flowers occupying the top of the stem. Each flower is up to 2.4 centimetres (0.94-in) long and club-shaped, with a hood-like upper lip and a three-lobed lower lip. The flower is light pink or purplish with darker markings. At the base of the flowers are long-haired-bracts-and woolly-sepals. The fruit is a-capsule-roughly 1 centimetre (0.39-in) long containing seeds with netted 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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