Pedicularis rhodotricha Maxim.

Herbs perennial, 8--35 cm tall. Stems with 2 lines of hairs. Leaves short petiolate or ± clasping; leaf blade linear-lanceolate, to 4.8 X 2 cm, subglabrous, pinnatipartite to pinnatisect; segments 8--12 pairs, oblong to ovate, margin double dentate. Inflorescences capitate to racemose, to 7 cm, usually dense; bracts leaflike. Calyx purplish red, to 1 cm; lobes 5, triangular-ovate, ciliate. Corolla purple red; tube erect, slightly bent apically, ca. as long as calyx; galea 1/2 moon-shaped, densely long pubescent apically, with pale red hairs; beak bent downward only, 4--5 mm; lower lip ciliate. Fl. Jun--Aug, fr. Aug--Sep.

W Sichuan, NW Yunnan.

* Stony alpine meadows, screes; 2600--4000 m.

Pedicularis ramalana Britten.