Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Crested Lousewort being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Pedicularis sibthorpii
- Pedicularis chroorrhyncha
- Pedicularis venusta
- Pedicularis sibirica
- Pedicularis dolichorrhiza
- Pedicularis tuberosa
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Orobanchaceae
- Genus
- Pedicularis
- Species
- Pedicularis comosa
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