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pinewoods lousewort

Pedicularis semibarbata

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 California.January 175, February 151, March 158, April 195, May 277, June 550, July 347, August 128, September 155, October 158, November 203, December 157.
United States2,617
California1,922
Nevada671
Virginia8
Maryland8
District of Columbia5
West Virginia2
Oregon1

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