Kingdom Plantae Family Orobanchaceae Scientific name Orthocarpus imbricatus Rank Species | Order Lamiales Genus Orthocarpus Higher classification Orthocarpus | |
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Similar Orthocarpus, Scrophulariaceae, Castilleja exserta, Indian paintbrush, Pedicularis | ||
Orthocarpus imbricatus is a species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common name mountain owl's-clover. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern California, where it grows in meadows and other mountain habitat.
Description
It is an annual herb producing a slender, hairy green stem up to about 35 centimeters tall. The lance-shaped leaves are up to 5 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a dense cylindrical spike of wide netted bracts with pinkish tips. The flowers just barely emerge from between the bracts. Each flower is about a centimeter long, its narrow, hooked, beaklike upper lip pink and its expanded, pouched lower lip yellowish.
References
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