About Pedicularis lanata Willd. ex Cham. & Schltdl.
Pedicularis lanata Willd. ex Cham. & Schltdl. grows from a bright yellow taproot, and produces a woolly stem that reaches 5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches) tall. Its narrow leaves are lobed or compound, and the lower leaves grow on long petioles. The many-flowered inflorescence is woolly, dense when young, and elongates as it matures. The corolla grows up to 2 centimeters long, and is most often dark pink, though it may sometimes be white. This corolla is surrounded by toothed sepals. The fruit is a flat, beaked capsule that measures 8 to 13 millimeters (0.31 to 0.51 inches) long, and its seeds have a honeycomb-patterned surface. P. lanata relies on insects to produce seeds. In Disko, West Greenland, this species has a breeding system with a high capacity for outcrossing. It also shows greater morphological variation than P. flammea, P. hirsuta, and P. lapponica. P. lanata is native to Canada and Alaska, and can also be found in Russia and Svalbard.
