Pedicularis calosantha H. L. Li; P. menziesii Bentham; P. sikangensis H. L. Li; P. stevenii Bunge.

Plants at least partly glabrous. Leaves 1--1.2 cm wide, pinnatipartite to pinnatisect; segments 1--2 mm wide. Leaves and calyx lobes ± white, serrulate-denticulate, teeth callose. Calyx lobes usually 3. Corolla small. Capsule narrow.

Mossy and lichenous tundra, alpine pastures, damp places; 2100--4400 m. Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, N and W Sichuan, E Xizang [Japan, Russia; arctic highlands, C and S Europe, NW North America].