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Northern Lousewort

Pedicularis lapponica

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 841, February 621, March 973, April 1,531, May 2,208, June 2,407, July 2,576, August 2,215, September 1,626, October 1,214, November 663, December 518.
United States17,394
Alaska17,394
Canada883
Norway241
Sweden229
Russia195
Norrbottens län187
Quebec174
Finland119
Lapland119

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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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