Orthocarpus bracteosus

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; Benth.

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.

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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