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Read more about Wood Betony at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
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)
Pedicularis canadensis
COMMON NAME:
Wood Betony, Eastern Lousewort, Fernleaf, Canadian Lousewort
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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.
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.
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.