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Hairy Lousewort

Pedicularis hirsuta

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 156, February 116, March 181, April 285, May 411, June 448, July 479, August 412, September 302, October 226, November 123, December 96.
United States3,235
Alaska3,235
Canada691
Nunavut173
Quebec81
Sweden59
Norrbottens län59
Russia25
Northwest Territories15
Krasnoyarsk Krai11

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Hairy Lousewort with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.