A bright yellow lousewort with a long, slender flower tube, common in wet meadows across the plateau.
- Group: Plant
- Plant type: Flower
- Habitats: Alpine meadow, stream banks, springs
- Regions: Ü Tsang, Kham, Amdo
Habitat and distribution
Alpine meadows, streams, springs and seeps at 2,100–5,300 m, from Gansu and Tso Ngonpo province (Ch: Qinghai) to western Sichuan, south-eastern Tibet and north-western Yunnan (Flora of China).
Recorded in Ü-Tsang, Kham, Amdo.
Ecological and cultural significance
A plant of wet alpine ground; louseworts as a group are partly parasitic on the roots of neighbouring plants (Wikipedia: Pedicularis).
Threats
No specific threats documented.
Conservation
Not assessed by the IUCN Red List (no assessment found).