Pedicularis elegans, Ten.

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 : 276

51. P. elegans Ten. , FZ. Nap. 5, Syll. App. 4:11 (1835).

Stems 1-12 cm, decumbent, usually hairy, with 0-2 cauline leaves. Leaves glabrous, except sometimes for slightly pubescent rhachis, lanceolate, pinnatisect with oblong, pinnatifid, toothed segments. Flowers few, in a capitate raceme; bracts 2-pinnatifid, hairy, about equalling the calyx. Calyx strongly accrescent, sparsely pubescent; teeth lanceolate, foliose, nearly as long as tube. Corolla up to 21 mm, pinkish-red; tube distinctly exceeding calyx; beak short, conical; lower lip glabrous. Capsule ovoid, shortly apiculate, nearly twice as long as calyx. Alpine pastures and screes. • C. & S. Appennini. It.