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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Pedicularis canadensis
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Wood Betony at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pedicularis canadensis ssp. canadensis
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-29-001:
Pedicularis canadensis
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pedicularis canadensis
COMMON NAME:
Wood Betony, Eastern Lousewort, Fernleaf, Canadian Lousewort
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_pediculariscanadensis
March Walker County GA
Pigeon Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm210423_9675
April Jackson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm210423_9678b
April Jackson County NC
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Keith Bradley kab_p_canadensis_1235
April Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove
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Keith Bradley kab_p_canadensis_1244
April Oconee County SC
Oconee Station/Station Cove
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JK Marlow jkm0505i_14
May Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm0505i_14b
May Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Flowers form an array of yellow or reddish bent tubes, each with 4 lobes, per Southern Appalachian Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm0505j_03
May Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm120517_114
May Yancey County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Basal leaves are 2-5" long, deeply lobed and appearing fern-like, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm120517_116
May Yancey County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm150505_892
May Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm200522_5078
May Jackson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm200522_5086
May Jackson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm0406j_06
June Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Bald
Stem leaves are reduced in size upward with the upper almost sessile, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Pedicularis canadensis
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pedicularis canadensis ssp. canadensis
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-29-001:
Pedicularis canadensis
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pedicularis canadensis
1039
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon to rare in Coastal Plain)
Habitat: Moist to dry forests and woodlands, streambanks, prairies, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal rosette
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow, maroon or bi-colored
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
4-lobed calyx, each side completely fused
2-lipped corolla
4 included stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers in a spike, borne in the axils of leafy bracts
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p200
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p044
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p201
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p070
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia p257
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia p343
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p184
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p223
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p136
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p093
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p173
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p229
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p244
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p288
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p419
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p155
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p139