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4. Pedicularis ser. Tristes Bentham in A. de Candolle, Prodr.  10: 579.  1846.  
阴郁系 yin yu xi 
 
 
 
 
 
Herbs to 1 m tall, drying black. Roots single, somewhat fleshy, with a tuft of fibrous roots near top. Stems unbranched. Stem leaves usually numerous. Leaves alternate, sessile, linear to linear-lanceolate, pinnatipartite or pinnatifid. Inflorescences racemose. Corolla yellow or pale yellow; galea falcate, toothless, apex acute or obtuse, beakless; lower lip not spreading. 
 
 
 
 
Three species: China, Russia (Siberia); all three in China. 
 
 
 
 
                        
                         
		
                          
                          
			
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  Galea not densely pubescent at margin; bracts longer than flowers | 
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  7 Pedicularis shansiensis | 
 
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  Galea densely pubescent at margin; bracts shorter than flowers. | 
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  Corolla 2.6--3 cm; galea 4--5 mm wide; calyx lobes entire or obscurely serrate; filaments glabrous | 
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  5 Pedicularis tristis | 
 
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  Corolla 4--4.5 cm; galea 6--8 mm wide; calyx lobes distinctly serrate; filaments sparsely pubescent | 
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  6 Pedicularis paiana | 
 
 
 
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