Status: Native
Synonyms:
Pedicularis grayi A. Nelson
Pedicularis procera is a large herb with basal leaves that are dissected into a fernlike pattern. The vegetative plant looks like a fern to the unsuspecting. However, the reproductive spike can be several feet tall and is unmistakable. It contains hundreds of large irregular pink flowers on a single thick stalk. The fruit is a beaked, loculicidal capsule.
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Pedicularis procera, photo Russ Kleinman, Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road, Aug. 4, 2007
Pedicularis procera, before putting up flower spike, photo Russ Kleinman, Mogollon Mtns., Redstone turnoff, May 10, 2009
Pedicularis procera, detail of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Mogollon Mtns., Redstone turnoff, May 10, 2009
Pedicularis procera, closeup of capsule, photo Russ Kleinman, Black Range, McKnight Cabin, May 13, 2009
Pedicularis procera, flowering stem, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Richard Felger & Leith Young, Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road, Aug. 1, 2009
Pedicularis procera, closeup of flowers, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Richard Felger & Leith Young, Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road, Aug. 1, 2009
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