Orobanchaceae
Lousewort
Pedicularis sylvatica
- Family
- Orobanchaceae
- Genus
- Pedicularis
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Common names
By language (21)
- Arabic
- عشبة القمل المنقعية
- Belarusian
- Увярэднік лясны
- Bulgarian
- Горско въшливче
- Czech
- Všivec lesní
- Danish
- Mose-Troldurt
- Dutch
- Heidekartelblad
- English
- Lousewort, Field lousewort
- Finnish
- Nummikuusio, Metsäkuusio
- French
- Pédiculaire des bois
- German
- Wald-Läusekraut, Waldmoorläusekraut, Waldläusekraut
- hsb
- Mała wšowica
- kw
- Lowles
- Lithuanian
- Miškinė glindė
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kystmyrklegg
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Kystmyrklegg
- Polish
- Gnidosz rozesłany
- Russian
- Мытник лесной
- Slovak
- Všivec lesný
- Swedish
- Granspira, Ängsspira
- Ukrainian
- Шолудивник лісовий
- Welsh
- Melog y cŵn, Blodyn y llyffant, Cribell goch
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced
Photos
Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: stephane loiseau, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Claude CHARRON, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Claude CHARRON, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Claude CHARRON, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Claude CHARRON, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: GT1976, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Pedicularis
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- Oeder's lousewortPedicularis oederiOrobanchaceae
- Whorled lousewortPedicularis verticillataOrobanchaceae
- Pedicularis dasyanthaOrobanchaceae
- Lapland lousewortPedicularis lapponicaOrobanchaceae
- Hairy lousewortPedicularis hirsutaOrobanchaceae
- Indian warriorPedicularis densifloraOrobanchaceae
- RedrattlePedicularis flammeaOrobanchaceae
- Sudetic lousewortPedicularis sudeticaOrobanchaceae
- Pedicularis comosaOrobanchaceae
- Pedicularis kaufmanniiOrobanchaceae
Sources: classification 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.