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The pedicels attaching the flowers to the main stem are 0.5–1 millimeters and the flowers resemble a pink, reddish-purple, or purple (rarely white) head of an elephant to a remarkable extent. [4] [9] In addition to reflecting visible light, the petals of the flowers also reflect ultraviolet light. [7]
Pedicularis attollens is a species of flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae known by the common name little elephant's head lousewort. It is native to Oregon and California , where it grows in moist mountainous areas such as meadows and bogs .
Pedicularis attollens (little elephant's head) Pedicularis bhutanomuscoides; Pedicularis bracteosa (fern-leaf, towering, or bracted lousewort) Pedicularis caeruleoalbescens Wendelbo Pedicularis cacuminidenta; Pedicularis canadensis (Canadian lousewort) Pedicularis centranthera; Pedicularis contorta (coiled lousewort or white-coiled beak lousewort)
With charming heart-shaped flowers dangling from long stems, these early spring bloomers add welcome early-season color to landscape beds. It’s a beautiful, old-fashioned perennial that lives ...
The plant produces numerous small flower heads in a tight cluster, each head generally containing only 4-5 florets. The cluster of flower heads is supported by 3 bracts that resemble leaves and are 1–3 centimetres (0–1 in) long. [6] The lavender, or sometimes white, flowers bloom August to October. [7] Flowers last for one day. [5]
The specific epithet albiflos means "white flower" in English. [2] As a pot plant it has been called "elephant's tongue" and "elephant ear" - for its leaves - or "shaving-brush (or paintbrush) plant" - for its flowers.
TIL in 1978, a researcher played a deceased elephant’s calls from a hidden speaker. Her family responded by frantically searching and calling out for her, with the daughter continuing for days.
When looking at an African elephant and an Asian elephant side-by-side, you can really tell the differences in their head shapes and tasks. African elephants generally have much larger tusks than ...