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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pedicularis canadensis
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
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Read more about Wood Betony at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pedicularis canadensis ssp. canadensis
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pedicularis canadensis
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)
Pedicularis canadensis
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 (Medina & Medina, 2002).
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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 (Carman, 2005).
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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 (Carman, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pedicularis canadensis
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pedicularis canadensis ssp. canadensis
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pedicularis canadensis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Pedicularis canadensis
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
Habitat: Moist to dry forests and woodlands, streambanks, prairies, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal rosette
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow, maroon or bicolored
Bilaterally symmetrical
4-lobed calyx, each side completely fused
2-lipped corolla
4 included stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
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 (Nelson, 2006) p200
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p044
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p201
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p250
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p070
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p257
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p343
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p223
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p136
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p093
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p229
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p274
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p244
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p288
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p419
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p155
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p139
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