Pedicularis oxycarpa Franch. ex Maxim.

Herbs perennial, 20--40 cm tall, erect, sparsely pubescent, drying black. Roots fleshy. Stems 1 or 5--10, branched basally or unbranched, with lines of hairs. Leaves alternate. Basal leaves withering early, petiolate or distal ones ± sessile; petiole to 2 cm; leaf blade linear-oblong or lanceolate-oblong, 4--7(--10) X 0.8--2 cm, abaxially glabrous and whitish scurfy, adaxially sparsely pubescent or glabrescent, pinnatisect; segments 7--15 pairs, linear-lanceolate, pinnate-double dentate. Inflorescences racemose, to 13.5 cm, lax; bracts leaflike. Proximal pedicels to 6 mm, slender. Calyx 4--5 mm, ca. 1/2 cleft anteriorly, glabrescent; lobes 3, equal, entire. Corolla white, with purplish beak, 1.4--1.8 cm; tube erect, ca. 2 X as long as calyx, sparsely pubescent; galea bent at a right angle apically, distinctly crested, recurved; beak falcate, to 7 mm, slender, clearly crested; lower lip long ciliate. Filaments pubescent. Capsule lanceolate-oblong, ca. 1.3 cm X 5 mm. Fl. May--Aug, fr. Aug--Oct.

SW Sichuan, NW Yunnan.

* Alpine meadows; 2800--4400 m.

Flowering from May to August; fruiting from August to October.

Pedicularis oxycarpa is close relative of Pedicularis monbeigiana, but differs from the latter in its leaves pinnatisect (vs. pinnatifid to pinnatipartite), stems simple or branched basally (vs. single, unbranched), calyx 4-5 mm, lobes equal, entire, glabrescent (vs. 6-8 mm, lobes unequal, lateral lobes dentate, sparsely pubescent), corolla white, with purple beak, 1.4-1.8 cm (vs. white to purple-red throughout, 1.8-2.2 cm).

Pedicularis oxycarpa is occurring in SW Sichuan, NW Yunnan of China.

Herbs perennial, 20-40 cm tall, erect, sparsely pubescent, drying black. Roots fleshy. Stems 1 or 5-10, branched basally or unbranched, with lines of hairs. Leaves alternate. Basal leaves withering early, petiolate or distal ones ± sessile; petiole to 2 cm; leaf blade linear-oblong or lanceolate-oblong, 4-7 cm long, 0.8-2 cm wide, abaxially glabrous and whitish scurfy, adaxially sparsely pubescent or glabrescent, pinnatisect; segments 7-15 pairs, linear-lanceolate, pinnate-double dentate. Inflorescences racemose, to 13.5 cm, lax; bracts leaflike. Proximal pedicels to 6 mm, slender. Calyx 4-5 mm, ca. 1/2 cleft anteriorly, glabrescent; lobes 3, equal, entire. Corolla white, with purplish beak, 1.4-1.8 cm; tube erect, ca. 2 times as long as calyx, sparsely pubescent; galea bent at a right angle apically, distinctly crested, recurved; beak falcate, to 7 mm, slender, clearly crested; lower lip long ciliate. Filaments pubescent. Capsule lanceolate-oblong, ca. 1.3 cm long, 5 mm wide.

Growing in alpine meadows; 2800-4400 m.

Pedicularis oxycarpa is a species of flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae. It is native to Yunnan and Sichuan, southwest China, where it grows in 2800–4400 m alpine meadows.20–40 cm tall. Corolla white, with purplish beak, 1.4-1.8 cm.