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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pedicularis canadensis   FAMILY Orobanchaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pedicularis canadensis ssp. canadensis   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Pedicularis canadensis

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)

Pedicularis canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-29-001:

Pedicularis canadensis   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Pedicularis canadensis

 

COMMON NAME:
Wood-betony, Eastern Lousewort, Fernleaf, Canadian Lousewort


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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_pediculariscanadensis

March    Walker County    GA

Pigeon Mountain

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JK Marlow    jkm210423_9675

April    Jackson County    NC

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JK Marlow    jkm210423_9678b

April    Jackson County    NC

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Keith Bradley    kab_p_canadensis_1235

April    Oconee County    SC

Oconee Station/Station Cove

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Keith Bradley    kab_p_canadensis_1244

April    Oconee County    SC

Oconee Station/Station Cove

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JK Marlow    jkm0505i_14

May    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

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JK Marlow    jkm0505i_14b

May    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Flowers form an array of yellow or reddish bent tubes, each with 4 lobes, per Southern Appalachian Wildflowers (Medina & Medina, 2002).

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JK Marlow    jkm0505j_03

May    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

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JK Marlow    jkm120517_114

May    Yancey County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Basal leaves are 2-5" long, deeply lobed and appearing fern-like, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm120517_116

May    Yancey County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

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JK Marlow    jkm150505_892

May    Swain County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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JK Marlow    jkm200522_5078

May    Jackson County    NC

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JK Marlow    jkm200522_5086

May    Jackson County    NC

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JK Marlow    jkm0406j_06

June    Macon County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Bald

Stem leaves are reduced in size upward with the upper almost sessile, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pedicularis canadensis   FAMILY Orobanchaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pedicularis canadensis ssp. canadensis   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pedicularis canadensis

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Pedicularis canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-29-001:
Pedicularis canadensis   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pedicularis canadensis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1039

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist to dry forests and woodlands, streambanks, prairies, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal rosette

FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow, maroon or bicolored
Bilaterally symmetrical
4-lobed calyx, each side completely fused
2-lipped corolla
4 included stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in a spike, borne in the axils of leafy bracts

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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