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Whorled Lousewort

Pedicularis verticillata

4,966 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 106, February 78, March 122, April 193, May 278, June 303, July 324, August 279, September 205, October 153, November 83, December 65.
United States2,188
Alaska685
Italy592
Switzerland472
Nord-Est433
Russia354
Canada326
Austria326
France240
Steiermark174

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

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