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Langsdorff's lousewort

Pedicularis langsdorffii

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 51, February 37, March 59, April 92, May 133, June 145, July 155, August 133, September 98, October 73, November 40, December 31.
United States1,047
Canada1,029
Alaska174
British Columbia164
Yukon91
Alberta40
Nunavut28
Russia24
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug24
Northwest Territories17

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

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