PLANTS Profile for Pedicularis canadensis (Canadian lousewort)

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PLANTS Profile

Pedicularis canadensis L.
Canadian lousewort

Symbol:

PECA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Scrophulariaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Pedicularis canadensis L.

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Distribution:
Pedicularis canadensis L.


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USA (AL, AR, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (MB, NB, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Pedicularis canadensis L.

View 91 genera in Scrophulariaceae, 36 species in Pedicularis or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Pedicularis canadensis L. ssp. canadensis. .

Pedicularis canadensis ssp. canadensis
Canadian lousewort

Distribution of Pedicularis canadensis L. ssp. fluviatilis (A. Heller) W.A. Weber. .

Pedicularis canadensis ssp. fluviatilis
Canadian lousewort

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Pedicularis canadensis L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Scrophulariales
Family	Scrophulariaceae – Figwort family
Genus	Pedicularis L. – lousewort
Species	Pedicularis canadensis L. – Canadian lousewort

Wetland Indicator Status:
Pedicularis canadensis L.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

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Reg. H

FACU,FAC+

FACU

FACU+

FACU

FAC+

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Pedicularis canadensis L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 33362.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 02/16/2009 02:54 PM MST