[The Figwort Family in Denali National Park and Preserve]

Bumble-bee Flower, Woolly Lousewort

Pedicularis lanata

Synonyms: Pedicularis kanei, Pedicularis lanata ssp. yukonensis, Pedicularis wildenowii

Bumble-bee Flower, Woolly Lousewort: Pedicularis lanata (Synonyms: Pedicularis kanei, Pedicularis lanata ssp. yukonensis, Pedicularis wildenowii)

Woolly lousewort as seen atop Camp Ridge above Camp Denali, Denali National Park and Preserve.............June 16, 2012.

Close-up of the flowers of Bumble-bee Flower, Woolly Lousewort: Pedicularis lanata (Synonyms: Pedicularis kanei, Pedicularis lanata ssp. yukonensis, Pedicularis wildenowii) - Inflorescence of Bumble-bee Flower, Woolly Lousewort: Pedicularis lanata (Synonyms: Pedicularis kanei, Pedicularis lanata ssp. yukonensis, Pedicularis wildenowii)

Bumble-bee Flower, Woolly Lousewort: Pedicularis lanata (Synonyms: Pedicularis kanei, Pedicularis lanata ssp. yukonensis, Pedicularis wildenowii) - Bumble-bee Flower, Woolly Lousewort: Pedicularis lanata (Synonyms: Pedicularis kanei, Pedicularis lanata ssp. yukonensis, Pedicularis wildenowii)

Woolly lousewort as seen atop Camp Ridge above Camp Denali, Denali National Park and Preserve.............June 16, 2012.

Bumble-bee Flower, Woolly Lousewort: Pedicularis lanata (Synonyms: Pedicularis kanei, Pedicularis lanata ssp. yukonensis, Pedicularis wildenowii)

Woolly lousewort beginning to bloom on the east-facing slopes of Pillow Basalt Ridge about one mile or so downstream from the Park Road along the west side of Little Stony Creek, Denali National Park and Preserve..........June 17, 2012.

Bumble-bee Flower, Woolly Lousewort: Pedicularis lanata (Synonyms: Pedicularis kanei, Pedicularis lanata ssp. yukonensis, Pedicularis wildenowii)
Woolly lousewort as seen on the lower slopes along the southeast side of Thoro Ridge...........June 23, 2002.

Bumble-bee Flower, Woolly Lousewort: Pedicularis lanata (Synonyms: Pedicularis kanei, Pedicularis lanata ssp. yukonensis, Pedicularis wildenowii)
Woolly lousewort as seen on the lower slopes along the southeast side of Thoro Ridge...........June 23, 2002. Note the cobwebby hairs within the inflorescence.

Paul Slichter