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Douglas Houck | profile | all galleries >> Flora >> Wild Flowers >> Wildflowers of Washington State >> Pedicularis bracteosa tree view | thumbnails | slideshow | map

Pedicularis bracteosa

Common name: Bracted Lousewort, Towering Lousewort, Wood Betony

USDA and ITIS list eight varieties of which seven are found in WA.
var. atrosanguinea: Bracted Lousewort, found only in WA
var. bracteosa: Bracted Lousewort
var. canbyi: Canby's Lousewort
var. flavida: Towering Lousewort
var. latifolia: Widepetal Lousewort
var. pachyrhiza: Towering Lousewort
var. paysoniana: Payson's Lousewort, not found in WA
var. siifolia: Smoothflower Lousewort

Note the unique (fern like )leaf shape. Yellowis hooded/beaked flower has some purple or red color. Noted as a mild psychoactive plant.

east Central Cascades; west North Cascades
TRAIL: Blue Creek; Goat Mt.; Lake Ingalls
HABITAT: subalpine meadow
ELEVATION: 1,270 meters (4,170 feet); 1,760 meters (5,775 feet); 1,870 meters (6,140 feet)
BLOOM TIME: 01-JUL; 03-AUG; 01-AUG
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