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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pedicularis lanceolata   FAMILY Orobanchaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pedicularis lanceolata   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Pedicularis lanceolata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)

Pedicularis lanceolata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-29-002:

Pedicularis lanceolata   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Pedicularis lanceolata

 

COMMON NAME:
Swamp Lousewort, Swamp Wood-betony


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image of Pedicularis lanceolata, Swamp Lousewort, Swamp Wood-betony

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_lanceolata_1

July        

Flowers creamy yellow, ~ 1" long, 2-lipped corolla, upper lip helmetlike, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pedicularis lanceolata   FAMILY Orobanchaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pedicularis lanceolata   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pedicularis lanceolata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Pedicularis lanceolata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-29-002:
Pedicularis lanceolata   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pedicularis lanceolata

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3758

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: fens, springheads, wet meadows, marshes, and swampy areas, over calcareous, mafic, or ultramafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite & basal rosette

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
4-lobed calyx, each side completely fused
2-lipped corolla
4 included stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in terminal spikes from leaf axils

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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