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Orobanchaceae > Pedicularis (louseworts)

Wood-betony, Eastern Lousewort (Pedularis canadensis) Eastern Lousewort, Wood-betony (Pedularis canadensis)
Clay Co., NC
14 May 2005

Statewide and common in the western half of NC, E. Lousewort grows in various wooded habitats.

Wood-betony, Eastern Lousewort (Pedularis canadensis) Eastern Lousewort, Wood-betony (Pedularis canadensis)
Clay Co., NC
14 May 2005

Formerly placed in the snapdragon family (Scrophulariaceae), many authorities now place the hemiparasitic Pedicularis in the broom-rape family (Orobanchaceae).

Wood-betony, Eastern Lousewort (Pedularis canadensis) Eastern Lousewort, Wood-betony (Pedularis canadensis)
Clay Co., NC
19 May 2007

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.


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