Pedicularis macrodonta
 
Swamp Lousewort

Leaf Bottom

Greenbush Bog, 20 km West of Hudson Bay, SK on Highway #3
09-July-2020

The flowers occur in an elongating inflorescence and eventually become axillary.

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Macrodonta: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora leading to this species. 
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flowers in an elongating inflorescence, becoming axillary; NOT [flowers in well-defined, more or less crowded racemes]

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galea not prolonged, the apex broad; NOT [galea prolonged into a tubular recurved beak]

 
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Pedicularis: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora leading to this genus. 
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leaves pinnately lobed or cleft; NOT [leaves simple, neither pinnately lobed nor cleft]

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floral leaves or bracts usually green or brownish; NOT [floral leaves or bracts brightly colored, usually red or yellow, or shades of these colours]

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corolla not spurred at the base

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four anther bearing stamens and no sterile stamens

 
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Scrophulariaceae: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora  leading to this family. 
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herbs; NOT [shrubs or trees]

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plants green or with some chlorophyll; NOT [plants parasitic or saprophytic, without chlorophyll]

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plants not aquatic

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stems not square

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leaves not bearing bladders

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flowers not in heads or spikes; NOT [flowers in long or short spikes], NOT [flowers in heads or in form resembling a head]

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flowers with two floral rings

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petals wholly or partly united forming a tube or bell]

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corolla irregular; NOT [corolla regular]

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ovary superior; NOT [ovary inferior]

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fruit a many-seeded capsule; NOT [fruit with 4 nutlets]