美观马先蒿 Pedicularis decora

by Jun

  • Scientific Name: Pedicularis decora Franch.
  • Ref: Bull. Soc. Bot. France. 47:28. 1900
  • English Common Name: ?Smallcalyx Woodbetony
  • Chinese Common Name: 美观马先蒿 měiguān mǎxiānhāo
  • Family: Orobanchaceae
  • Genus: Pedicularis
  • Distribution: Grassy slopes, Picea forests, Betula forests; 2200–2800 m. S Gansu, W Hubei, S Shaanxi, NE Sichuan.
  • Photo: 07/21/2011，Mt. Taibai, Qinling
Herbs perennial, to 1 m tall, pubescent. Stems branched apically or unbranched, sparsely white villous. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, to 10 X 2.5 cm, pinnatipartite; segments 20 pairs, oblong-lanceolate, margin double dentate. Inflorescences long spicate, interrupted basally, densely glandular pubescent; bracts leaflike below. Calyx 3--4 mm, densely glandular pubescent; lobes 5, triangular, ± entire. Corolla yellow; tube ca. 1.2 cm, ca. 3 X as long as calyx, pubescent outside; galea navicular, ca. as long as lower lip, margin densely bearded; lower lip ± sessile. Capsule ovoid, compressed, ca. 1.4 cm X 8 mm, apex short acuminate. Fl. Jun--Jul, fr. Aug. (Flora of China)
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