Bracted Lousewort: Pedicularis bracteosa var. bracteosa (Synonyms: Pedicularis montanensis, Pedicularis paddoensis, Pedicularis thompsonii)

Bracted lousewort as seen at left along the Round the Mountain Trail in Bird Creek Meadows, southeastern corner of Mt. Adams..........August 1, 2014. The photo at right shows bracted lousewort (var. bracteosa) as seen in Bird Creek Meadows along the Round the Mountain Trail #9 at the southeastern corner of Mt. Adams.........July 19, 2007.

Bracted lousewort (var. bracteosa) spotted in bloom along the Sunrise Climber's Trail about one-half mile uphill from the Hellroaring Overlook, Yakama Nation lands at Bird Creek Meadows.....August 10, 2023. Note the numerous gland-tipped hairs on the calyx lobes which help ID this variety at this location.

Bracted lousewort observed along the loop trail around the picnic area at Bird Creek Meadows, Yakama Nation lands at Mount Adams.....July 26, 2023.

Close-up images of the corollas, sepals and upper stem leaves of bracted louwewort (var. bracteosa). The upper lip of the corolla is slightly beaked, while the slender lateral lobes of the sepals (see lowermost calyx) are lined with glandular hairs, a characteristic of this variety, which can also have purplish corollas (See photo below.). Photographed in meadows immediately north of Hellroaring Creek adjacent to the Island Springs Trail #66 on Yakama Nation lands at the southeastern corner of Mt. Adams.........July 17, 2005.

Two close-up images of a purplish-flowered bracted lousewort (var. bracteosa) as seen in upper Bird Creek Meadows at the southeastern corner of Mt. Adams.........July 31, 2005. Note the gland-tipped hairs lining the margins of the sepals which is one characteristic of this variety.

Bracted lousewort (var. bracteosa) as seen along Forest Road #2329 at TakhTakh Meadows at the northwestern corner of Mt. Adams, Gifford Pinchot National Forest.........August 6, 2022.