Pedicularis sudetica, common names of which are fernweed, Sudeten lousewort, Sedetic lousewort, and Sudetic lousewort is a species of flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae which is native to Eurasia and North America. The plant is both perennial and bisexual. It grows 0.3 m (1 ft 0 in) high with the flowers being hermaphrodite.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Sudetic 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 langsdorffii
- Pedicularis anthemifolia
- Pedicularis amoena
- Pedicularis ornithorhynchos
- Pedicularis lanata
- Pedicularis verticillata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Orobanchaceae
- Genus
- Pedicularis
- Species
- Pedicularis sudetica
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