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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pedicularis lanceolata
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
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Read more about Swamp Lousewort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pedicularis lanceolata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pedicularis lanceolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)
Pedicularis lanceolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-29-002:
Pedicularis lanceolata FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pedicularis lanceolata
COMMON NAME:
Swamp Lousewort, Swamp Wood-betony
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_lanceolata_1
July
Flowers creamy yellow, ~ 1" long, 2-lipped corolla, upper lip helmetlike, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pedicularis lanceolata
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pedicularis lanceolata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pedicularis lanceolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Pedicularis lanceolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-29-002:
Pedicularis lanceolata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pedicularis lanceolata
3758
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: fens, springheads, wet meadows, marshes, and swampy areas, over calcareous, mafic, or ultramafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite & basal rosette
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
4-lobed calyx, each side completely fused
2-lipped corolla
4 included stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in terminal spikes from leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p257
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p244
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p289
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