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curved-beak lousewort

Pedicularis contorta

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Washington.January 54, February 48, March 54, April 72, May 91, June 69, July 182, August 241, September 56, October 50, November 44, December 50.
United States2,687
Washington699
Canada496
Oregon293
British Columbia277
Alberta219
Idaho131
California91
Wyoming66
Utah6

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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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