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ELEPHANTHEAD 



Pedicula'ris groenlan'dica, syns. Elephantel'la groenlan'dica, P. surrec'ta 



Flowers crimson to rose or reddish 

 purple, suggesting an elephant's head, 

 in dense, bracted end clusters (spikes) 

 4 to 12 in. long, much exceeding the 

 leaves 



Outer flower parts (sepals) 5, trian- 

 gularly egg-shaped, hairless, % in. long, 

 united below into a slantingly befl- 

 shaped base (calyx tube) 



United petals (corolla) 2-tipped, about 

 % in. long; upper lip strongly bent over 

 and produced into a H in. long thread- 

 like beak (the "elephant's trunk") 

 which encloses the long, slender stalk 

 (style) tipping the seed-producing organ 

 (ovary) ; lower lip 3-lobed, the side lobes 

 bent back 



Stems simple, leafy, 8 to 25 in. high, 

 hairless, somewhat tufted at base 



Leaves mostly basal, up to about 5 in. 

 long, taperingly lance-shaped in outline, 

 deeply cut, hairless, drying black; seg- 

 ments small, with sharp-toothed mar- 

 gins; basal leaves stalked; stem leaves 

 stalkless 



Roots thickened, with root crown 



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