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Whorled lousewort

Pedicularis verticillata

Also called Whorled Leaf Lousewort

Whorled lousewort
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Orobanchaceae (Orobanch family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
Subarctic & Subalpine Eurasia, Alaska to NW. & W. British Columbia
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Pedicularis verticillata, the whorled lousewort, is a species of flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae which can be found in Alaska, North-Western Canada, and everywhere in China at the elevation of 2,100–4,400 metres (6,900–14,400 ft). Its native habitats include moist meadows and lakeshores.

Other Pedicularis plants

Pedicularis asplenifolia · Little elephantshead · Pedicularis bhutanomuscoides · Bracted lousewort · Pedicularis cacuminidenta · Pedicularis caeruleoalbescens · Canadian lousewort · Dwarf lousewort · Coiled lousewort · Arctic Hairy Lousewort · Indian warrior · Pedicularis dhurensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pedicularis verticillata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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