PLANTS Profile for Pedicularis groenlandica (elephanthead lousewort)

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Pedicularis groenlandica Retz.
elephanthead lousewort

Symbol:

PEGR2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Scrophulariaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Pedicularis groenlandica Retz.

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Synonyms:
Pedicularis groenlandica Retz.

	ELGR4	Elephantella groenlandica (Retz.) Rydb.
	PEGRS2	Pedicularis groenlandica Retz. ssp. surrecta (Benth.) Piper
	PEGRS3	Pedicularis groenlandica Retz. var. surrecta (Benth.) A. Gray

Distribution:
Pedicularis groenlandica Retz.


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USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL)

Related Taxa:
Pedicularis groenlandica Retz.

View 91 genera in Scrophulariaceae, 36 species in Pedicularis

Classification:
Pedicularis groenlandica Retz.

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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 groenlandica Retz. – elephanthead lousewort

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Pedicularis groenlandica Retz.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Pedicularis groenlandica Retz.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 33377.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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 2 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

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