Bird's Beak

A past-prime bird's beak lousewort captured on the vast prairies of Yellowstone's Hayden Valley.

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travismorhardt

Lion

Some sources for this plant:
http://www.pnwflowers.com/flower/pedicularis-ornithorhyncha
http://www.nps.gov/mora/naturescience/subalpine-wildflowers-red.htm Posted 11 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks for the research, species entry created manually. Posted 11 years ago
2. 1. travismorhardt
    
    Lion
    
    Thank you much! Posted 11 years ago

The Bird's-Beak Lousewort

Clump of erect stems from basal leaves. Leaves mostly basal, with petioles, divided into short toothed lobes; few stem leaves smaller. Flowers rose to purple, clustered with shorter leafy bracts in short hairy head atop stem. Flower upper lip bent at right angle, with beak pointing outward like a baby bird; shorter lower lip 3-lobed, spreading. Grows in moist subalpine and alpine meadows.

- Rarity: Uncommon
- Flowering Time: Late Summer
- Life Cycle: Perennial
- Height:.. more

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Similar species: Lamiales

Species identified by Ferdy Christant