Orthocarpus bracteosus

Orthocarpus bracteosus is a species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common name rosy owl's-clover. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern California, where it grows in moist mountain habitat, such as meadows.

Orthocarpus bracteosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Lamiales
Family:
Orobanchaceae
Genus:
Orthocarpus
Species:
O. bracteosus
Binomial name
Orthocarpus bracteosus

Description

Orthocarpus bracteosus is an annual herb producing a slender, glandular, hairy, purple-green stem up to about 40 centimetres (16 in) tall. The narrow leaves are up to 3.5 centimetres (1 1⁄2 in) long, the upper ones divided into three deep lobes. The inflorescence is a hairy, densely glandular spike of flowers. Each flower is bright pink to white and up to 2 centimetres (4⁄5 in) long. It is club-shaped with a pouchlike lower lip and a narrow, hooked upper lip. The fruit is an oval-shaped capsule about one-half centimetre (1⁄5 in) long containing several seeds.


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