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Stems erect, usually simple,7–25 cm. Herbage hirsute and glandular-pubescent. Leaves numerous, linear, entire, 1–3 cm long. Inflorescence bracts dark green, lanceolate to narrowly ovate with a pair of linear lobes. Flowers: calyx 5–8 mm long, ultimate lobes 1–3 mm long, those adjacent to the galea longer; corolla 9–14 mm long, yellow, galea 2–4 mm long, lower lip equal to the lower lip. Capsule 4–7 mm long (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
BC to ON south to CA, NM, NE and MN (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
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Grasslands, sagebrush steppe; plains, valleys (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
The following animal species have been reported as pollinators of this plant species or its genus where their geographic ranges overlap: Bombus appositus, Bombus bifarius, Bombus centralis, and Bombus occidentalis (Thorp et al. 1983, Wilson et al. 2010, Williams et al. 2014).
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Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
Thorp, R.W., D.S. Horning, and L.L. Dunning. 1983. Bumble bees and cuckoo bumble bees of California (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 23:1-79.
Williams, P., R. Thorp, L. Richardson, and S. Colla. 2014. Bumble Bees of North America. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 208 p.
Wilson, J.S., L.E. Wilson, L.D. Loftis, and T. Griswold. 2010. The montane bee fauna of north central Washington, USA, with floral associations. Western North American Naturalist 70(2): 198-207.
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Yellow Owl's-clover — Orthocarpus luteus.  Montana Field Guide.  Montana Natural Heritage Program.  Retrieved on September 27, 2022, from https://FieldGuide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=PDSCR1H0K0