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Capitate Lousewort

Pedicularis capitata

1,183 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 84, February 62, March 97, April 153, May 220, June 240, July 257, August 221, September 162, October 121, November 66, December 52.
United States1,736
Canada1,416
Alaska374
Yukon298
British Columbia245
Nunavut145
Alberta54
Russia47
Northwest Territories34
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug21

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Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • ParasiteDescends from a lineage whose members commonly live parasitically on another organism.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
Familybroomrape family · Orobanchaceae
GenusLouseworts · Pedicularis

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