Orthocarpus imbricatus

Orthocarpus imbricatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Orobanchaceae
Genus:	Orthocarpus
Species:	O. imbricatus
Binomial name
Orthocarpus imbricatus Torr. ex. S.Watson

Orthocarpus imbricatus is a species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common name mountain owl's clover. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern California, where it grows in meadows and other mountain habitat.

Description

It is an annual herb producing a slender, hairy green stem up to about 35 centimeters tall. The lance-shaped leaves are up to 5 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a dense cylindrical spike of wide netted bracts with pinkish tips. The flowers just barely emerge from between the bracts. Each flower is about a centimeter long, its narrow, hooked, beaklike upper lip pink and its expanded, pouched lower lip yellowish.

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• USDA Plants Profile
• Photo gallery