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111. Pedicularis ser. Longiflorae Prain, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta). 3: 67. 1890.

长花系 chang hua xi

Herbs often low. Basal leaves often persistent, long petiolate. Stem leaves alternate, numerous, lanceolate-oblong, often pinnatipartite. Inflorescences centrifugal. Calyx lobes 2, 3, or 5, unequal. Corolla tube very long, more than 2 X as long as calyx; galea beaked; lower lip spreading.

About 21 species: China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Sikkim, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; 18 species in China.


1 Corolla yellow throughout or with red galea and white lower lip margins, galea ± coiled but not twisted.   (2)
+ Corolla purple, with purple galea; galea twisted.   (8)
       
2 (1) Corolla yellow, with red galea and white margin on lower lip; lower lip to 3 cm wide   334 Pedicularis tricolor
+ Corolla usually yellow throughout; lower lip less than 2.6 cm wide.   (3)
       
3 (2) Leaves pinnatisect; corolla tube 2.5--3 cm; calyx lobes (2 or)3   332 Pedicularis croizatiana
+ Leaves pinnatifid to pinnatipartite, some merely undulate-lobed; corolla tube more than 4 cm; calyx lobes usually 2, some 3.   (4)
       
4 (3) Galea crested in front; corolla tube less than 3 X as long as calyx; calyx lobes 3   333 Pedicularis cranolopha
+ Galea not crested in front; corolla tube 3--10 X as long as calyx; calyx lobes usually 2.   (5)
       
5 (4) Galea bent at a right angle, beak ca. 15 mm   338 Pedicularis armata
+ Galea curving gradually, beak 6--10 mm.   (6)
       
6 (5) Lobes of lower corolla lip emarginate; beak of galea 2-cleft at apex; plants glabrescent   336 Pedicularis longiflora
+ Lateral lobes of lower corolla lip rounded, not emarginate; beak of galea entire at apex; plants pubescent.   (7)
       
7 (6) Leaves basal and on stem, leaf blade to 7 X 1.8 cm; corolla tube 4.5--5 cm; galea slightly bent apically, forming nearly a circle, beak strongly curved   335 Pedicularis chinensis
+ Leaves basal, leaf blade ca. 5 X 1 cm; corolla tube ca. 7.5 cm; galea curving downward into a horseshoe-shape, beak nearly straight   337 Pedicularis bidentata
       
8 (1) Middle lobe of lower corolla lip emarginate to deeply 2-lobed.   (9)
+ Middle lobe of lower corolla lip entire, truncate, or rounded.   (12)
       
9 (8) Beak of corolla ca. 5 mm, ± semicircular; leaves pinnatipartite to pinnatisect   339 Pedicularis latituba
+ Beak of corolla 7--15 mm, usually S-shaped; leaves pinnatisect.   (10)
       
10 (9) Calyx 5--6 mm, lobes 2; corolla tube 1--2.5 cm; plants low, with short, creeping stems   341 Pedicularis humilis
+ Calyx more than 10 mm, lobes 2 or 3(--5); corolla tube more than 3 cm; plants tall or short.   (11)
       
11 (10) Beak of galea 10--15 mm; all filaments pubescent   348 Pedicularis sigmoidea
+ Beak of galea to 11 mm; 2 filaments pubescent, 2 glabrous   349 Pedicularis siphonantha
       
12 (8) Corolla white, some with a purple galea.   (13)
+ Corolla red, rose, to purple throughout (corolla of P. fastigiata is rose with a deep red galea).   (15)
       
13 (12) Corolla white with purple galea   342 Pedicularis variegata
+ Corolla white throughout.   (14)
       
14 (13) Calyx lobes 3--5; corolla tube 5--6 X as long as calyx; 2 filaments pubescent, 2 glabrous   344 Pedicularis leptosiphon
+ Calyx lobes 2; corolla tube 8--9 X as long as calyx; all filaments pubescent   345 Pedicularis paxiana
       
15 (12) Calyx 12--24 mm, lobes usually 2; leaves usually pinnatifid to pinnatipartite.   (16)
+ Calyx 7--10 mm, lobes 3; leaves pinnatisect.   (17)
       
16 (15) Corolla tube to 12 cm; all filaments pubescent   340 Pedicularis decorissima
+ Corolla tube 3--5 cm; 2 filaments pubescent, 2 glabrous   346 Pedicularis dolichantha
       
17 (15) Corolla tube 3.5--4 cm; beak of galea semicircular; all filaments glabrous   343 Pedicularis fastigiata
+ Corolla tube 8--11 cm; beak of galea S-shaped; anterior filament pair pubescent apically, others glabrous   347 Pedicularis tenuituba

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