Pedicularis recutita, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 271

7. P. recutita L. , Sp. Pl. 608 (1753).

Glabrous except for calyx-teeth. Stem 20-60 cm, erect. Leaves lanceolate, pinnatisect, with lanceolate, incise-dentate segments, the lower leaves longpetiolate. Flowers in a raceme, dense at first, elongating later; bracts shorter than flowers, the lower pinnatisect, the upper 3-lobed or undivided. Calyx-teeth almost as long as tube, unequal, lanceolate, entire, ciliate. Corolla up to 15 mm, glabrous, greenish-yellow, usually tinged with dull crimson; upper lip almost straight, much longer than the lower. Capsule ovoid, apiculate, almost twice as long as calyx. 2/7=16. Mountain meadows and damp or shady places. • Alps. Au Ga Ge He It Ju.