Bull Elephant's-head, Elephanthead Lousewort, Elephant's Head, Elephant's Head Lousewort, Elephant's Head Pedicularis
Pedicularis groenlandica
Synonym: Pedicularis groenlandica ssp. surrecta
The flower of elephant's head as seen along the climber's trail along the southern rim of Hellroaring Valley, Mt. Adams........July 19, 2009.
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Elephant's head growing at left in moist meadows along the climber's trail along the southern rim of Hellroaring Valley, Mt. Adams........July 19, 2009. The photo at right shows elephant's head still in bloom in moist meadows along the Round the Mt. Trail #9 near the headwaters of Gotchen Creek, Mt. Adams Wilderness.......August 13, 2017.
The photo above shows a close-up side view
of the corolla and calyx of elephant's head as seen at a seep at about 4400'
on the ridgetop dividing the Dairy and Cougar Creek drainages at the southeastern
corner of Mt. Adams.........June 19, 2005.
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The photo at left shows the inflorescence of elephant's head as
seen at a seep at about 4400' on the ridgetop dividing the Dairy and Cougar
Creek drainages at the southeastern corner of Mt. Adams........June
19, 2005. The photo at right shows a close-up of elephant heads still in bloom in late melting subalpine meadows at about 7100' along the Climber's Trail on the south rim of Hellroaring Valley, Yakama Nation lands, Mount Adams.....August 29, 2022.
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Elephant's head as seen on the creek's banks in Gotchen Meadows, southeastern Mt. Adams, Gifford Pinchot National Forest........August 8, 2012.
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Ripe fruits of elephant's head as seen along the Round the Mountain Trail #9 at upper Gotchen Creek Meadows on Yakama Nation lands at Bird Creek Meadows.....September 2, 2023.
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The photo at left shows a close-up of the inflorescence of elephant's head as seen at about 4000' in Swampy Meadows on the western slopes of Mt. Adams........August 11, 2008. The photo at right shows the inflorescence of elephant's head as seen at Muddy Meadows, Mt. Adams Wilderness.....July 13, 2018.
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The photo above shows a close-up of the inflorescence
of turtle's head as seen at Bird Creek Meadows, Mt. Adams........September
1, 2001. Note the individual flowers which look very much like the head
of an elephant!
Paul Slichter