Orobanchaceae
Canadian lousewort
Pedicularis canadensis
- Family
- Orobanchaceae
- Genus
- Pedicularis
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Canadian lousewort, Canada lousewort
Synonyms
- Enslenia bibracteata Raf.
- Nelensia bibracteata (Raf.) Poir.
- Pedicularis aequinoctialis Kunth
- Pedicularis asplenifolia Croom
- Pedicularis canadensis f. albescens Steyerm.
- Pedicularis canadensis f. bicolor Farw.
- Pedicularis canadensis f. canadensis
- Pedicularis canadensis f. flava Farw.
- Pedicularis canadensis f. praeclara A.H.Moore
- Pedicularis canadensis f. typica Farw.
- Pedicularis canadensis subsp. fluviatilis (A.Heller) W.A.Weber
- Pedicularis canadensis var. canadensis
- Pedicularis canadensis var. dobbsii Fernald
- Pedicularis canadensis var. fluviatilis (A.Heller) J.F.Macbr.
- Pedicularis canadensis var. gladiata (Michx.) Alph.Wood
- Pedicularis fluviatilis A.Heller
- Pedicularis gladiata Michx.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.