Pedicularis palustris, 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 : 272

18. P. palustris L. , Sp. Pl. 607 (1753).

Biennial, sometimes annual. Stem 5-70 cm, usually branched, glabrous or sparsely hairy. Leaves subglabrous, triangular-lanceolate to linear, pinnatisect, with oblong, crenate to pinnatifid segments; cauline leaves usually alternate, rarely opposite or whorled. Flowers in lax racemes, often interrupted below; bracts mostly leaf-like, the uppermost 3-lobed. Calyx ovate, inflated in fruit, strongly 2-lipped, without distinct teeth; lobes crenate. Corolla 15-25 mm, reddish-pink (rarely pale yellow or white); tube nearly twice as long as calyx; margin of upper lip with a tooth on each side some distance below the apex; lower lip ciliate. Capsule ovoid, obliquely apiculate, somewhat exceeding calyx. 2« =16. Damp meadows, fens and marshes. Europe, southwards to the Pyrenees, N. Italy, S. Bulgaria and S. Ural. Au Be Br Bu Cz Da Fa Fe Ga Ge Hb He Ho Hu It Ju No Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W) Su.

1 Corolla 18-25 mm (a) subsp.palustris

1 Corolla 14-18 mm

2 Stemfreelybranched,the brancheslongerthan the mainaxis; leaf-segments pinnatifid (b) subsp. opsiantha

2 Stem simple, ór with a few short branches; leaf-segments crenate (c) subsp. borealis