Pedicularis is a genus of perennial green root parasite

Parasitic plant

A parasitic plant is one that derives some or all of its sustenance from another plant. About 4,100 species in approximately 19 families of flowering plants are known. Parasitic plants have a modified root, the haustorium, that penetrates the host plant and connects to the xylem, phloem, or...

 plants belonging to the broomrape family Orobanchaceae

Orobanchaceae

Orobanchaceae, the broomrape family, is a family of flowering plants of the order Lamiales, with about 90 genera and more than 2000 species. Many of these genera were formerly included in the family Scrophulariaceae sensu lato...

. Between 350 and 600 species are accepted by different authorities, mostly from the wetter northern temperate zones, as well as from South America. The highest diversity is in eastern Asia, with 352 species accepted in China

China

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 alone by the Flora of China

Flora of China (journal)

Flora of China is a scientific publication aimed at describing the plants native to China.The is a collaborative scientific effort to publish the first modern English-language account of the approximately 31,000 species of vascular plants of China...

 (not detailed here; see external links for details).

The common name lousewort, applied to several species, derives from an old belief that these plants, when ingested, were responsible for lice infestations in stock.

Selected species

• Pedicularis acaulis
• Pedicularis amoena
• Pedicularis arguteserrata
• Pedicularis ascendens
• Pedicularis asparagoides
• Pedicularis asplenifolia
• Pedicularis attollens
  Pedicularis attollens
  Pedicularis attollens is a species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common name little elephant's head. It is native to Oregon and California, where it grows in moist mountainous areas such as meadows and bogs. It is a perennial herb growing up to 60 centimeters in maximum...
  
  
• Pedicularis baumgartenii
• Pedicularis brachyodonta
• Pedicularis bracteosa (Fern-leaf, Towering, or Bracted Lousewort)
• Pedicularis canadensis
  Pedicularis canadensis
  Pedicularis canadensis is a flowering plant in the Orobanchaceae family and is also known as Wood Betony, Beefsteak Plant, Canadian Lousewort, High Heal-all, Snaffles and Canada Lousewort. It is found in thickets and dry, open wooded areas throughout Canada and the United States. It is a low, hairy...
  
  (Canadian Lousewort)
• Pedicularis centranthera
  Pedicularis centranthera
  Pedicularis centranthera is a species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common name dwarf lousewort. It is native to the western United States from eastern Oregon and California to Colorado and New Mexico, where it grows in sagebrush and other basin and plateau habitat...
  
  
• Pedicularis comosa
• Pedicularis compacta
• Pedicularis contorta
  Pedicularis contorta
  Pedicularis contorta is a species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common names coiled lousewort and curved-beak lousewort. It is native to western North America, including southwestern Canada and the northwestern United States, where it grows in moist mountainous habitat,...
  
  (Coiled Lousewort or White-coiled Beak Lousewort)
• Pedicularis dasyantha
  Pedicularis dasyantha
  Pedicularis dasyantha is a plant native to the high arctic areas of Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Novaya Zemlya, and the Jamal Peninsula of Siberia....
  
  (Woolly Lousewort)
• Pedicularis dasystachys
• Pedicularis densiflora
  Pedicularis densiflora
  Pedicularis densiflora, known commonly as Indian warrior, is a plant of the lousewort genus in the broomrape family. It is a perennial herb with stout, green or sometimes reddish or magenta stems and fern-shaped leaves, and long spikes of deep red to bright pink flowers with toothed...
  
  (Indian Warrior)
• Pedicularis dudleyi
  Pedicularis dudleyi
  Pedicularis dudleyi is a rare species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common name Dudley's lousewort. It is endemic to central California, where it is known from about ten scattered occurrences along the coast and in the coastal mountain ranges. It is a resident of forest...
  
  (Dudley's Lousewort)
• Pedicularis elegans
• Pedicularis elongata
• Pedicularis exaltata
• Pedicularis ferdinandi
• Pedicularis flammea (Redrattle)
• Pedicularis foliosa (Leafy Lousewort)
• Pedicularis furbishiae
  Pedicularis furbishiae
  Furbish's lousewort is a perennial herb found only on the shores of the upper St. John River in Maine and New Brunswick. Furbish's lousewort was first recognized as a new species by Maine naturalist and botanical artist Kate Furbish in 1880...
  
  (Furbish's Lousewort)
• Pedicularis friderici-augusti
• Pedicularis graeca
• Pedicularis groenlandica
  Pedicularis groenlandica
  Pedicularis groenlandica is a showy flowering plant in the Scrophulariaceae which is known by the common names elephant's head and elephanthead lousewort. This erect plant can grow to a height of 80 centimeters. Its sharply-toothed fernlike leaves are located low on the stout stem. The stem is...
  
  (Elephant's Head)
• Pedicularis gyroflexa
• Pedicularis hacquetii
• Pedicularis heterodonta
• Pedicularis hirsuta (Hairy Lousewort)
• Pedicularis howellii
  Pedicularis howellii
  Pedicularis howellii is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common name Howell's lousewort. It is endemic to the Siskiyou Mountains of the Klamath Range in southern Oregon and northern California, where it grows on the edges of coniferous forests...
  
  
• Pedicularis julica
• Pedicularis kaufmannii
• Pedicularis kerneri
• Pedicularis labradorica
• Pedicularis lapponica (Lapland Lousewort)
• Pedicularis leucodon
• Pedicularis limnogena
• Pedicularis mixta
• Pedicularis oederi (Crimson-tipped Lousewort)
• Pedicularis ornithorhyncha (Ducksbill Lousewort)
• Pedicularis orthantha
• Pedicularis palustris (Marsh Lousewort)
• Pedicularis pectinata
• Pedicularis petiolaris
• Pedicularis physocalyx
• Pedicularis portenschlagii
• Pedicularis procera (Giant Lousewort)
• Pedicularis pyrenaica
• Pedicularis racemosa
  Pedicularis racemosa
  Pedicularis racemosa is a species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common names sickletop lousewort and leafy lousewort. It is native to western North America, where it grows in coniferous forests. This is a perennial herb producing several stems up to 80 centimeters tall,...
  
  (Parrot's Beak)
• Pedicularis rainierensis
  Pedicularis rainierensis
  Pedicularis rainierensis, is a species of flowering plant in the brooomrape family commonly known as Mount Rainier Lousewort. It is endemic to the vicinity of Mount Rainier in Washington state.-External links:**...
  
  
• Pedicularis recutita
• Pedicularis resupinata
• Pedicularis rosea
• Pedicularis rostratocapitata
• Pedicularis rostratospicata
• Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum
  Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum
  Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum is a plant species in the genus Pedicularis....
  
  (Moor-king Lousewort)
• Pedicularis schizocalyx
• Pedicularis semibarbata
  Pedicularis semibarbata
  Pedicularis semibarbata is a species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common name pinewoods lousewort. It is native to California and Nevada, where it can often be found in coniferous forests...
  
  
• Pedicularis sibthorpii
• Pedicularis sudetica
• Pedicularis sylvatica (Common Lousewort)
• Pedicularis tuberosa
• Pedicularis uralensis
• Pedicularis verticillata (Verticillate Lousewort)