Wildflowers Found in Oregon

Sickletop Lousewort (Parrot's Beak)

Pedicularis racemosa - Common, midsummer, perennial, 8-20 in. Cluster of leafy, decumbent or spreading, branched, hairless stems. Leaf blade lance-shaped, undivided, saw-toothed. Flowers on upper stem with leaf-like bracts. Flowers pale pink, purplish, or white, upper lip pointing downward with long, narrow, crescent-shaped tip to 1 side resting on 3 larger lobes of lower lip. Grows in conifer forests, dry woods, slopes, at low to mid elevations. Native.