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Canadian lousewort

Pedicularis canadensis

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Illinois.January 93, February 104, March 158, April 708, May 823, June 195, July 152, August 152, September 181, October 148, November 97, December 88.
United States21,789
Canada6,350
Illinois2,749
North Carolina2,226
Wisconsin2,169
Ontario2,049
New York1,893
Virginia1,830
Tennessee1,272
Michigan1,217

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Traits

Group and habits

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Classification

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

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