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Parry's lousewort

Pedicularis parryi

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Colorado.January 45, February 35, March 49, April 95, May 145, June 87, July 268, August 69, September 64, October 46, November 40, December 38.
United States1,402
Colorado565
Wyoming120
Utah98
Arizona80
New Mexico75
Idaho62
Texas41

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 Parry's lousewort with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.