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Pedicularis ornithorhyncha

Common Name: Ducksbill Lousewort, Bird's Beak Lousewort

Note rose to purple coiled upper petals in shape of duck's head, hariy upper flower stem, fern like basal leaves. Grows at high elevations.

Central Cascades; Mt. Rainier
TRAIL: Wonderland Trail; Sourdough Gap
HABIAT: open, flat, alpine meadow
ELEVATION: 1,940 meters (6,375 feet) ; 1,910 meters (6,270 feet)
BLOOM TIME: 29-AUG; 24-AUG
Pedicularis ornithorhyncha
Pedicularis ornithorhyncha
Pedicularis ornithorhyncha
Pedicularis ornithorhyncha
Pedicularis ornithorhyncha
Pedicularis ornithorhyncha