Orobanchaceae
European purple lousewort
Pedicularis palustris
- Family
- Orobanchaceae
- Genus
- Pedicularis
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Common names
By language (26)
- Belarusian
- Увярэднік балотны, Ваўчкі, Гніднік, Елачка, Завушніца, Кукушкіна была, Надсаднік, Насаднік
- Bulgarian
- Блатно пропадниче
- Catalan
- Pédiculaire des marais
- Chinese
- 沼生馬先蒿, 沼生马先蒿, 沼地马先蒿, 沼生馬先蒿沼生, 沼生马先蒿沼生, 沼生马先蒿卡氏亚种, 沼生马先蒿沼生亚种
- Czech
- Všivec bahenní
- Danish
- Eng-Troldurt
- Dutch
- Moeraskartelblad
- English
- European purple lousewort, Marsh lousewort
- Estonian
- Soo-kuuskjalg
- Finnish
- Luhtakuusio
- French
- Pédiculaire des marais
- German
- Sumpf-Läusekraut, Sumpfläusekraut, Pédiculaire des marais
- hsb
- Wulka wšowica
- Hungarian
- Posvány kakastaréj
- kw
- Lowles an lefans
- Lithuanian
- Pelkinė glindė, Pédiculaire des marais
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Myrklegg
- Polish
- Gnidosz błotny
- Russian
- Мытник болотный
- Slovak
- Všivec močiarny
- Slovenian
- Močvirski ušivec, Mčvirski ušivec
- smn
- Luhteeskače
- sms
- Njormmväʹlddsuäʹbb
- Swedish
- Kärrspira
- Ukrainian
- Шолудивник болотний, Шолудивник
- Welsh
- Melog y waun, Blodyn y llyffant
Synonyms
- Pedicularis palustris f. palustris
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 253 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: bobkennedy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Wolfgang Jauch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Elias, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: preinzi, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 11:17, 28 October 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: B.gliwa, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marek Hrušovský, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: bernd gliwa, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marek Hrušovský, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stuart Fisher, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jose Gutierrez Higa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.