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Pedicularis dichotoma Bonati

二歧马先蒿

Description from Flora of China

Pedicularis dichotoma var. wardiana Bonati.

Herbs perennial, to 30 cm tall, not drying black. Roots not fleshy. Stems dichotomously branched or unbranched, pubescent. Leaves opposite; petiole ca. 3 cm, winged; leaf blade ovate-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, ca. 4 cm, pinnatisect; segments 5--7 pairs, widely spaced, linear, pinnatifid or dentate. Inflorescences 5--12 cm. Flowers opposite, 2--18 pairs; bracts ovate, ciliate, apex often pinnatisect. Calyx long ovate, membranous, ca. 1.3 cm, strongly 5-veined, ciliate along veins; lobes 5, unequal, triangular, posterior one smallest. Corolla pink, ca. 2 cm; galea ± bent at a right angle apically; beak horizontal, straight, slender; lower lip glabrous at margin, middle lobe smaller than prominent lateral lobes. Filaments pubescent. Capsule enclosed by accrescent calyx, ovoid, apiculate. Fl. Jul--Sep, fr. Aug--Sep.

* Open alpine pastures, open forests; 2700--4300 m. SW Sichuan, E Xizang, NW Yunnan.


 

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