Vasilis Teodoridis:
Scrophulariaceae | Pedicularis
79. Pedicularis macrosiphon Franchet; Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat.; sér. 2. 10: 66. 1888.
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Pedicularis lucifuga Bonati; P. macrosiphon var. tribuloides (Bonati) H. L. Li; P. tribuloides Bonati.
Herbs perennial; usually densely tufted; drying black. Stems slender; flexuous; ascending or repent; to 40 cm. Proximal leaves usually ± opposite; distal ones alternate; petiole to 6 cm; pubescent; leaf blade ovate-lanceolate to linear-oblong; to 10 cm; abaxially villous along midvein; adaxially sparsely pubescent; pinnatisect; segments 7--12 pairs; ovate to oblong; spinescent double dentate. Flowers widely spaced. Pedicel to 1 cm. Calyx ca. 1 cm; slightly cleft anteriorly; villous along veins; lobes 5; unequal. Corolla pale purple to rose; 4.5--6 cm or sometimes to 7--8 cm; tube erect; 4--5 cm; glabrous; galea bent at a right angle apically; beak straight; short; lower lip longer than galea; ca. 1.5 X 1.4 cm. Filaments glabrous. Capsule completely enclosed by calyx; oblong to obovoid; compressed; 1--1.2 cm; apex acute. Fl. May--Aug; fr. Jul--Sep.
* Moist shaded forests; ravines; 1200--3500 m. NW Sichuan; NW Yunnan.