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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Pedicularis lanceolata
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Swamp Lousewort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pedicularis lanceolata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-29-002:
Pedicularis lanceolata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
COMMON NAME:
Swamp Lousewort
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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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Pedicularis lanceolata
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pedicularis lanceolata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-29-002:
Pedicularis lanceolata
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
3758
Forb
Perennial
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC -
Rare
Look for it in springheads and swampy areas, over calcareous, mafic, or ultramafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite & basal rosette
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
4-lobed calyx, each side completely fused
2-lipped corolla
4 included stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers in terminal spikes from leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p244
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p289