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| Pedicularis groenlandica ssp. groenlandica Retz. | Species Image Gallery (opens in a new window) |
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| TAXONOMY | |||||||||||||||
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae | ||||||||||||||
| Genus: | Pedicularis | ||||||||||||||
| Species Synonyms: | none | ||||||||||||||
| Common Names: | elephant’s head little red elephant-head bull elephant-head little red elephants |
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| DISTRIBUTION | |||||||||||||||
| Canada: | southeastern Yukon – British Columbia – Alberta – east-central Saskatchewan, northeastern Manitoba – northern Ontario – Ungava – Labrador – Quebec | ||||||||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | central Saskatchewan; Edam – Leoville – Shellbrook | ||||||||||||||
| Ecoregion: | Boreal Transition, Mid-Boreal Upland | ||||||||||||||
| HABITAT | |||||||||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | moist fens, sedge-meadows, open coniferous woods, and muskegs | ||||||||||||||
| Associated Species: | Carex capillaris, Parnassia glauca | ||||||||||||||
| RARITY STATUS | |||||||||||||||
| Provincial
Status According to Harms (2003): |
Threatened |
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| Nature Conservancy Status: | G4G5 S1S2 |
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| Saskatchewan
Species at Risk Status: |
None |
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| COSEWIC Status: | None |
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| Pedicularis groenlandica ssp. groenlandica is threatened because of rarity in Saskatchewan. This species is regionally restricted and local populations can be small. No immediate threats are known but may occur in the future. | |||||||||||||||
| SPECIES DESCRIPTION | |||||||||||||||
| Height: | 30 – 50 cm | ||||||||||||||
| Stems: | often clustered, erect, simple, glabrous, may be reddish-purple | ||||||||||||||
| Leaves: | petiolate or the upper ones sessile, 5 – 20 cm long, outline lanceolate, glabrous, deeply pinnatifed, divisions narrow and toothed | ||||||||||||||
| Inflorescence: | spike terminal, dense, 3 – 15 cm long | ||||||||||||||
| Flowers: | calyx 5-lobed; corolla reddish purple or pinkish, beak curved outward and upward, galea resembling an elephant head, lower lip 3-lobed; stamens 4, didynamous | ||||||||||||||
| Fruits: | capsule many-seeded | ||||||||||||||
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