703 Species of Genus Pedicularis

A World of Louseworts: My Exploration of the Genus Pedicularis

I’ve always been fascinated by the intricate relationships between living things. The natural world is full of surprises, and one of the most intriguing discoveries I’ve made is the genus Pedicularis, commonly known as louseworts. These plants, with their vibrant flowers and unique parasitic lifestyle, have captured my imagination and fueled my desire to learn more.

What Makes Pedicularis Special?

At first glance, louseworts might seem like any other wildflower. They boast beautiful, often brightly colored blossoms that range from shades of pink and purple to yellow and white. But beneath this attractive exterior lies a secret: Pedicularis species are hemiparasites. This means they photosynthesize to produce their own food, but they also obtain nutrients by tapping into the roots of neighboring plants. This fascinating adaptation allows them to thrive in nutrient-poor environments where other plants struggle.

A Diverse Genus

The genus Pedicularis is incredibly diverse, with an estimated over 700 species found across the Northern Hemisphere. They are particularly abundant in the Himalayas and eastern Asia, but some species also occur in North America and Europe. This wide distribution has led to a remarkable variety of forms and adaptations, making the study of Pedicularis all the more captivating.

Here are species within this genus:

  1. Pedicularis abrotanifolia M.Bieb. ex Steven
  2. Pedicularis acaulis Scop.
  3. Pedicularis achilleifolia Stephan ex Willd.
  4. Pedicularis acmodonta Boiss.
  5. Pedicularis adunca M.Bieb. ex Steven
  6. Pedicularis × affinis Steininger
  7. Pedicularis afghanica Wendelbo
  8. Pedicularis alaica A.D.Li
  9. Pedicularis alaschanica Maxim.
  10. Pedicularis alatavica Stadlm. ex Vved.
  11. Pedicularis alberti Regel
  12. Pedicularis albida Pennell
  13. Pedicularis albiflora (Hook.f.) Prain
  14. Pedicularis allorrhampha Vved.
  15. Pedicularis aloensis Hand.-Mazz.
  16. Pedicularis alopecuroides Steven ex Spreng.
  17. Pedicularis alopecuros Franch. ex Maxim.
  18. Pedicularis × alpicola Rouy & Faure
  19. Pedicularis altaica Stephan ex Steven
  20. Pedicularis altifrontalis P.C.Tsoong
  21. Pedicularis amoena Adams ex Steven
  22. Pedicularis amoeniflora Vved.
  23. Pedicularis amplicollis T.Yamaz.
  24. Pedicularis amplituba H.L.Li
  25. Pedicularis anas Maxim.
  26. Pedicularis angularis P.C.Tsoong
  27. Pedicularis angustifolia Benth.
  28. Pedicularis angustilabris H.L.Li
  29. Pedicularis angustiloba P.C.Tsoong
  30. Pedicularis annapurnensis T.Yamaz.
  31. Pedicularis anomala P.C.Tsoong & H.P.Yang
  32. Pedicularis anserantha T.Yamaz.
  33. Pedicularis anthemifolia Fisch. ex Colla
  34. Pedicularis apodochila Maxim.
  35. Pedicularis aquilina Bonati
  36. Pedicularis × aranensis I.Soriano
  37. Pedicularis arctoeuropaea (Hultén) Molau & D.F.Murray
  38. Pedicularis armata Maxim.
  39. Pedicularis artiae R.Kr.Singh, Kholia & Sudhakar
  40. Pedicularis artselaeri Maxim.
  41. Pedicularis ascendens Schleich. ex Gaudin
  42. Pedicularis aschistorrhyncha C.Marquand & Airy Shaw
  43. Pedicularis asparagoides Lapeyr.
  44. Pedicularis asplenifolia Flörke ex Willd.
  45. Pedicularis atra Bonati
  46. Pedicularis atropurpurea Nordm.
  47. Pedicularis × atrorubens Schleich. ex Gaudin
  48. Pedicularis atroviridis P.C.Tsoong
  49. Pedicularis attollens A.Gray
  50. Pedicularis atuntsiensis Bonati
  51. Pedicularis aurantiaca (E.F.Sprague) Monfils & Prather
  52. Pedicularis aurata (Bonati) H.L.Li
  53. Pedicularis axillaris Franch. ex Maxim.
  54. Pedicularis balkharica E.A.Busch
  55. Pedicularis bambusetorum Hand.-Mazz.
  56. Pedicularis batangensis Bureau & Franch.
  57. Pedicularis baumgartenii Simonk.
  58. Pedicularis bella Hook.f.
  59. Pedicularis × bernardinensis Braun-Blanq.
  60. Pedicularis bhutanomuscoides T.Yamaz.
  61. Pedicularis × bicknellii Sommier
  62. Pedicularis bicolor Diels
  63. Pedicularis bicornuta Klotzsch
  64. Pedicularis bidentata Maxim.
  65. Pedicularis bietii Franch.
  66. Pedicularis bifida (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Pennell
  67. Pedicularis binaria Maxim.
  68. Pedicularis bipinnatifida (Pennell) R.R.Mill
  69. Pedicularis birmanica Bonati
  70. Pedicularis bomiensis H.P.Yang
  71. Pedicularis × bonatii Faure
  72. Pedicularis brachychila H.L.Li
  73. Pedicularis brachycrania H.L.Li
  74. Pedicularis brachyodonta Schloss. & Vuk.
  75. Pedicularis brachystachys Bunge
  76. Pedicularis bracteosa Benth.
  77. Pedicularis breviflora Regel
  78. Pedicularis brevifolia D.Don
  79. Pedicularis brevilabris Franch.
  80. Pedicularis brevirostris Pennell
  81. Pedicularis breviscaposa T.Yamaz.
  82. Pedicularis cabulica Benth.
  83. Pedicularis cacuminidenta T.Yamaz.
  84. Pedicularis cadmea Boiss.
  85. Pedicularis caeruleoalbescens Wendelbo
  86. Pedicularis canadensis L.
  87. Pedicularis canescens P.C.Tsoong
  88. Pedicularis capitata Adams
  89. Pedicularis caucasica M.Bieb.
  90. Pedicularis cenisia Gaudin
  91. Pedicularis centranthera A.Gray
  92. Pedicularis cephalantha Franch. ex Maxim.
  93. Pedicularis cephalanthoides P.C.Tsoong
  94. Pedicularis cernua Bonati
  95. Pedicularis chamissonis Steven
  96. Pedicularis chamissonoides T.Yamaz.
  97. Pedicularis cheilanthifolia Schrenk
  98. Pedicularis chengxianensis Z.G.Ma & Z.Z.Ma
  99. Pedicularis chenocephala Diels
  100. Pedicularis chihuahuensis G.L.Nesom
  101. Pedicularis chinensis Maxim.
  102. Pedicularis chingii Bonati
  103. Pedicularis cholashanensis T.Yamaz.
  104. Pedicularis chorgonica Regel & C.Winkl.
  105. Pedicularis chroorrhyncha Vved.
  106. Pedicularis chumbica Prain
  107. Pedicularis cinerascens Franch.
  108. Pedicularis clarkei Hook.f.
  109. Pedicularis collata Prain
  110. Pedicularis collettii Prain
  111. Pedicularis columigera T.Yamaz.
  112. Pedicularis comosa L.
  113. Pedicularis compacta Stephan ex Willd.
  114. Pedicularis comptoniifolia Franch. ex Maxim.
  115. Pedicularis condensata M.Bieb.
  116. Pedicularis confertiflora Prain
  117. Pedicularis confluens P.C.Tsoong
  118. Pedicularis conifera Maxim. ex Hemsl.
  119. Pedicularis connata H.L.Li
  120. Pedicularis contorta Benth.
  121. Pedicularis cooperi P.C.Tsoong
  122. Pedicularis cornigera T.Yamaz.
  123. Pedicularis corydaloides Hand.-Mazz.
  124. Pedicularis corymbifera H.P.Yang
  125. Pedicularis cranolopha Maxim.
  126. Pedicularis craspedotricha Maxim.
  127. Pedicularis crassirostris Bunge
  128. Pedicularis crenata Maxim.
  129. Pedicularis crenularis H.L.Li
  130. Pedicularis crenulata Benth.
  131. Pedicularis cristatella Pennell & H.L.Li
  132. Pedicularis croizatiana H.L.Li
  133. Pedicularis cryptantha C.Marquand & Airy Shaw
  134. Pedicularis curvipes Hook.f.
  135. Pedicularis curvituba Maxim.
  136. Pedicularis cyathophylla Franch.
  137. Pedicularis cyathophylloides H.Limpr.
  138. Pedicularis cyclorhyncha H.L.Li
  139. Pedicularis cymbalaria Bonati
  140. Pedicularis cyrtorhyncha Pennell
  141. Pedicularis cystopteridifolia Rydb.
  142. Pedicularis czuiliensis Semiotr.
  143. Pedicularis daghestanica Bonati
  144. Pedicularis daltonii Prain
  145. Pedicularis daochengensis H.P.Yang
  146. Pedicularis dasyantha Hadač
  147. Pedicularis dasystachys Schrenk
  148. Pedicularis daucifolia Bonati
  149. Pedicularis davidii Franch.
  150. Pedicularis debilis Franch. ex Maxim.
  151. Pedicularis decora Franch.
  152. Pedicularis decorissima Diels
  153. Pedicularis delavayi Franch. ex Maxim.
  154. Pedicularis × delphinata Steininger
  155. Pedicularis deltoidea Franch. ex Maxim.
  156. Pedicularis densiflora Benth.
  157. Pedicularis densispica Franch. ex Maxim.
  158. Pedicularis denudata Hook.f.
  159. Pedicularis deqinensis H.P.Yang
  160. Pedicularis dhurensis R.R.Mill
  161. Pedicularis dichotoma Bonati
  162. Pedicularis dichrocephala Hand.-Mazz.
  163. Pedicularis dielsiana Bonati
  164. Pedicularis diffusa Prain
  165. Pedicularis dissecta (Bonati) Pennell & H.L.Li
  166. Pedicularis dissectifolia H.L.Li
  167. Pedicularis dolichantha Bonati
  168. Pedicularis dolichocymba Hand.-Mazz.
  169. Pedicularis dolichoglossa H.L.Li
  170. Pedicularis dolichorrhiza Schrenk
  171. Pedicularis dolichostachya H.L.Li
  172. Pedicularis domzeyensis P.C.Tsoong
  173. Pedicularis dubia B.Fedtsch.
  174. Pedicularis duclouxii Bonati
  175. Pedicularis dudleyi Elmer
  176. Pedicularis dulongensis H.P.Yang
  177. Pedicularis dunniana Bonati
  178. Pedicularis eburnata B.L.Rob. & Seaton
  179. Pedicularis elata Willd.
  180. Pedicularis elegans Ten.
  181. Pedicularis elephantiflora T.Yamaz.
  182. Pedicularis elephantoides Benth.
  183. Pedicularis elephas Boiss.
  184. Pedicularis elisabethae T.N.Popova
  185. Pedicularis elliotii P.C.Tsoong
  186. Pedicularis elongata A.Kern.
  187. Pedicularis elsholtzioides T.Yamaz.
  188. Pedicularis elwesii Hook.f.
  189. Pedicularis eriantha (Boiss. & Buhse) T.N.Popova
  190. Pedicularis eriophora Turcz.
  191. Pedicularis ernesti-mayeri Stevan., Niketić & D.Lakušić
  192. Pedicularis evrardii Bonati
  193. Pedicularis excelsa Hook.f.
  194. Pedicularis exigua H.L.Li
  195. Pedicularis fargesii Franch.
  196. Pedicularis fastigiata Franch.
  197. Pedicularis × faurei Rouy
  198. Pedicularis fengii H.L.Li
  199. Pedicularis ferdinandi Bornm.
  200. Pedicularis fetisowii Regel
  201. Pedicularis filicifolia Hemsl.
  202. Pedicularis filicula Franch.
  203. Pedicularis filiculiformis P.C.Tsoong
  204. Pedicularis fissa Turcz.
  205. Pedicularis flaccida Prain
  206. Pedicularis flagellaris Benth.
  207. Pedicularis flammea L.
  208. Pedicularis flava Pall.
  209. Pedicularis fletcheri P.C.Tsoong
  210. Pedicularis flexosoides T.Yamaz.
  211. Pedicularis flexuosa Hook.f.
  212. Pedicularis floribunda Franch.
  213. Pedicularis foliosa L.
  214. Pedicularis forrestiana Bonati
  215. Pedicularis fragarioides P.C.Tsoong
  216. Pedicularis fragilis Prain ex Maxim.
  217. Pedicularis franchetiana Maxim.
  218. Pedicularis friderici-augusti Tomm.
  219. Pedicularis furbishiae S.Watson
  220. Pedicularis furfuracea Wall. ex Benth.
  221. Pedicularis gagnepainiana Bonati
  222. Pedicularis galeata Bonati
  223. Pedicularis gammieana Prain
  224. Pedicularis ganpinensis Vaniot ex Bonati
  225. Pedicularis garckeana Prain ex Maxim.
  226. Pedicularis geniculata T.Yamaz.
  227. Pedicularis geosiphon Harry Sm. & C.H.Tsoong
  228. Pedicularis gibbera Prain
  229. Pedicularis × gillotana Rouy & Faure
  230. Pedicularis giraldiana Bonati
  231. Pedicularis glabra McVaugh & Mellich.
  232. Pedicularis glabrescens H.L.Li
  233. Pedicularis × glantschnigiana Ronniger
  234. Pedicularis globifera Hook.f.
  235. Pedicularis gloriosa Bisset & S.Moore
  236. Pedicularis gongshanensis H.P.Yang
  237. Pedicularis gordonii McVaugh & Koptur
  238. Pedicularis gracilicaulis H.L.Li
  239. Pedicularis gracilis Wall. ex Benth.
  240. Pedicularis gracilituba H.L.Li
  241. Pedicularis graeca Bunge
  242. Pedicularis grigorjevii Ivanina
  243. Pedicularis griniformis T.Yamaz.
  244. Pedicularis groenlandica Retz.
  245. Pedicularis gruiflora T.Yamaz.
  246. Pedicularis gruina Franch. ex Maxim.
  247. Pedicularis gyirongensis H.P.Yang
  248. Pedicularis gymnostachya (Trautv.) Khokhr.
  249. Pedicularis gypsicola Vved.
  250. Pedicularis gyroflexa Vill.
  251. Pedicularis gyrorhyncha Franch. ex Maxim.
  252. Pedicularis habachanensis Bonati
  253. Pedicularis hacquetii Graf
  254. Pedicularis hemsleyana Prain
  255. Pedicularis henryi Maxim.
  256. Pedicularis heterodonta Pančić
  257. Pedicularis heydei Prain
  258. Pedicularis hicksii P.C.Tsoong
  259. Pedicularis hintonii McVaugh & Mellich.
  260. Pedicularis hirsuta L.
  261. Pedicularis hirtella Franch.
  262. Pedicularis hoermanniana K.Malý
  263. Pedicularis hoffmeisteri Klotzsch
  264. Pedicularis holocalyx Hand.-Mazz.
  265. Pedicularis honanensis P.C.Tsoong
  266. Pedicularis hongii Kottaim.
  267. Pedicularis hookeriana Wall. ex Benn.
  268. Pedicularis howellii A.Gray
  269. Pedicularis humilis Bonati
  270. Pedicularis husainiana P.Agnihotri, D.Husain, D.Sahoo & S.K.Barik
  271. Pedicularis × huteri A.Kern.
  272. Pedicularis hyperborea Vved.
  273. Pedicularis hypophylla T.Yamaz.
  274. Pedicularis ikomae Sasaki
  275. Pedicularis imbricata P.C.Tsoong
  276. Pedicularis inaequilobata P.C.Tsoong
  277. Pedicularis incarnata L.
  278. Pedicularis × incarnatoides Steininger
  279. Pedicularis incisopetala E.Menzel, H.Menzel & Zoller
  280. Pedicularis inconspicua P.C.Tsoong
  281. Pedicularis incurva Benth.
  282. Pedicularis infirma H.L.Li
  283. Pedicularis inflexirostris F.S.Yang, D.Y.Hong & Xiao Q.Wang
  284. Pedicularis ingens Maxim.
  285. Pedicularis insignis Bonati
  286. Pedicularis instar Prain ex Maxim.
  287. Pedicularis integrifolia Hook.f.
  288. Pedicularis interrupta Stephan ex Willd.
  289. Pedicularis ishidoyana Koidz. & Ohwi
  290. Pedicularis iwatensis Ohwi
  291. Pedicularis julica E.Mayer
  292. Pedicularis junatovii Ivanina
  293. Pedicularis kangtingensis P.C.Tsoong
  294. Pedicularis kansuensis Maxim.
  295. Pedicularis karakorumiana T.Yamaz.
  296. Pedicularis karatavica Pavlov
  297. Pedicularis kariensis Bonati
  298. Pedicularis karoi Freyn
  299. Pedicularis kashmiriana Pennell
  300. Pedicularis kaufmannii Pinzger
  301. Pedicularis kawaguchii T.Yamaz.
  302. Pedicularis keiskei Franch. & Sav.
  303. Pedicularis kerneri Dalla Torre
  304. Pedicularis khasiana (Hook.f.) Pennell
  305. Pedicularis kialensis Franch.
  306. Pedicularis kiangsiensis P.C.Tsoong & S.H.Cheng
  307. Pedicularis kingii Prain
  308. Pedicularis klotzschii Hurus.
  309. Pedicularis koidzumiana Tatew. & Ohwi
  310. Pedicularis kokpakensis Semiotr.
  311. Pedicularis kolymensis A.P.Khokhr.
  312. Pedicularis kongboensis P.C.Tsoong
  313. Pedicularis korolkowii Regel
  314. Pedicularis koshiensis T.Yamaz.
  315. Pedicularis koueytchensis Bonati
  316. Pedicularis krylowii Bonati
  317. Pedicularis kuljabensis Ivanina
  318. Pedicularis kungeica Bajtenov
  319. Pedicularis kuruchuensis T.Yamaz.
  320. Pedicularis kusnetzovii Kom.
  321. Pedicularis labordei Vaniot ex Bonati
  322. Pedicularis labradorica Wirsing
  323. Pedicularis lachnoglossa Hook.f.
  324. Pedicularis laktangensis Bonati
  325. Pedicularis lamioides Hand.-Mazz.
  326. Pedicularis lanata Cham. & Schltdl.
  327. Pedicularis lanceifolia P.C.Tsoong
  328. Pedicularis lanceolata Michx.
  329. Pedicularis langsdorffii Fisch. ex Steven
  330. Pedicularis lanpingensis H.P.Yang
  331. Pedicularis lapponica L.
  332. Pedicularis lasiophrys Maxim.
  333. Pedicularis lasiostachys Bunge
  334. Pedicularis latibracteata T.Yamaz.
  335. Pedicularis latirostris P.C.Tsoong
  336. Pedicularis latituba Bonati
  337. Pedicularis laxiflora Franch.
  338. Pedicularis laxispica H.L.Li
  339. Pedicularis lecomtei Bonati
  340. Pedicularis legendrei Bonati
  341. Pedicularis leptosiphon H.L.Li
  342. Pedicularis leucodon Griseb.
  343. Pedicularis lhasana T.Yamaz.
  344. Pedicularis liguliflora T.Yamaz.
  345. Pedicularis likiangensis Franch. ex Maxim.
  346. Pedicularis limithangensis T.Yamaz.
  347. Pedicularis limnogena A.Kern.
  348. Pedicularis limprichtiana Hand.-Mazz.
  349. Pedicularis lineata Franch.
  350. Pedicularis lingelsheimiana H.Limpr.
  351. Pedicularis lobatorostrata T.Yamaz.
  352. Pedicularis longicalyx H.P.Yang
  353. Pedicularis longicaulis Franch.
  354. Pedicularis longiflora Rudolph
  355. Pedicularis longipedicellata P.C.Tsoong
  356. Pedicularis longipes Maxim.
  357. Pedicularis longipetiolata Franch.
  358. Pedicularis longistipitata P.C.Tsoong
  359. Pedicularis lophotricha H.L.Li
  360. Pedicularis ludlowiana P.C.Tsoong
  361. Pedicularis ludwigii Regel
  362. Pedicularis lunglingensis Bonati
  363. Pedicularis lutescens Franch.
  364. Pedicularis lyrata Prain ex Maxim.
  365. Pedicularis macilenta Franch.
  366. Pedicularis macrochila Vved.
  367. Pedicularis macrorhyncha H.L.Li
  368. Pedicularis macrosiphon Franch.
  369. Pedicularis mairei Bonati
  370. Pedicularis mandshurica Maxim.
  371. Pedicularis mariae Regel
  372. Pedicularis × martellii Bonati
  373. Pedicularis masalskyi Semiotr.
  374. Pedicularis × mathoneti Bonati ex Rouy
  375. Pedicularis maximowiczii Krasn.
  376. Pedicularis maxonii Bonati
  377. Pedicularis mayana Hand.-Mazz.
  378. Pedicularis × mayeri Daksk. & Vreš
  379. Pedicularis megalantha D.Don
  380. Pedicularis megalochila H.L.Li
  381. Pedicularis melalimne R.R.Mill
  382. Pedicularis melampyriflora Franch.
  383. Pedicularis membranacea H.L.Li
  384. Pedicularis merrilliana H.L.Li
  385. Pedicularis metaszetschuanica P.C.Tsoong
  386. Pedicularis meteororhyncha H.L.Li
  387. Pedicularis mexicana Zucc. ex Benth.
  388. Pedicularis micrantha H.L.Li
  389. Pedicularis microcalyx Hook.f.
  390. Pedicularis microchila Franch.
  391. Pedicularis microloba R.R.Mill
  392. Pedicularis milliana W.B.Yu, D.Z.Li & H.Wang
  393. Pedicularis milosevicii Křivka & Holubec
  394. Pedicularis minima P.C.Tsoong & S.H.Cheng
  395. Pedicularis minutilabris P.C.Tsoong
  396. Pedicularis mixta Gren.
  397. Pedicularis mollis Wall. ex Benth.
  398. Pedicularis monbeigiana Bonati
  399. Pedicularis × monnieri Rouy
  400. Pedicularis moschata Maxim.
  401. Pedicularis moupinensis Franch.
  402. Pedicularis mucronulata P.C.Tsoong
  403. Pedicularis muguensis T.Yamaz.
  404. Pedicularis multicaulis Bonati
  405. Pedicularis multicolor W.Jun Li, K.Y.Guan, Abduraimov & Y.Feng
  406. Pedicularis multiflora Pennell
  407. Pedicularis munzurdaghensis Armağan
  408. Pedicularis murreeana R.R.Mill
  409. Pedicularis muscicola Maxim.
  410. Pedicularis muscoides H.L.Li
  411. Pedicularis mussotii Franch.
  412. Pedicularis mustanghatana T.Yamaz.
  413. Pedicularis mychophila C.Marquand & Airy Shaw
  414. Pedicularis myriantha H.L.Li
  415. Pedicularis myriophylla Pall.
  416. Pedicularis nana C.E.C.Fisch.
  417. Pedicularis nanchuanensis P.C.Tsoong
  418. Pedicularis nanfutashanensis T.Yamaz.
  419. Pedicularis nasturtiifolia Franch.
  420. Pedicularis nasuta M.Bieb. ex Steven
  421. Pedicularis neofischeri P.C.Tsoong
  422. Pedicularis nepalensis Prain
  423. Pedicularis nigra (Bonati) Vaniot ex Bonati
  424. Pedicularis ningjuingensis T.Yamaz.
  425. Pedicularis nipponica Makino
  426. Pedicularis nobilis Bonati
  427. Pedicularis nodosa Pennell
  428. Pedicularis nordmanniana Bunge
  429. Pedicularis novaiae-zemliae (Hultén) Kozhevn.
  430. Pedicularis numeniicephala T.Yamaz.
  431. Pedicularis numidica Pomel
  432. Pedicularis nyalamensis H.P.Yang
  433. Pedicularis nyingchiensis H.P.Yang & Tateishi
  434. Pedicularis obliquigaleata W.B.Yu & H.Wang
  435. Pedicularis obscura Bonati
  436. Pedicularis ochiaiana Makino
  437. Pedicularis ochotensis A.P.Khokhr.
  438. Pedicularis ochrorrhyncha Galushko & T.N.Popova
  439. Pedicularis odontochila Diels
  440. Pedicularis odontocorys T.Yamaz.
  441. Pedicularis odontoloma T.Yamaz.
  442. Pedicularis odontophora Prain
  443. Pedicularis oederi Vahl
  444. Pedicularis olgae Regel
  445. Pedicularis oligantha Franch. ex Maxim.
  446. Pedicularis oliveriana Prain
  447. Pedicularis olympica Boiss.
  448. Pedicularis omiiana Bonati
  449. Pedicularis ophiocephala Maxim.
  450. Pedicularis orizabae Schltdl. & Cham.
  451. Pedicularis ornithorhynchos Benth.
  452. Pedicularis orthantha Griseb.
  453. Pedicularis orthocoryne H.L.Li
  454. Pedicularis oxycarpa Franch. ex Maxim.
  455. Pedicularis oxyrhyncha T.Yamaz.
  456. Pedicularis pacifica (Hultén) Kozhevn.
  457. Pedicularis paiana H.L.Li
  458. Pedicularis pallasii Vved.
  459. Pedicularis × pallidiflora I.Soriano
  460. Pedicularis palustris L.
  461. Pedicularis pandania W.B.Yu, H.Q.Lin & Yue H.Cheng
  462. Pedicularis panjutinii E.A.Busch
  463. Pedicularis pantlingii Prain
  464. Pedicularis paradoxa (Prain) T.Yamaz.
  465. Pedicularis parryi A.Gray
  466. Pedicularis parviflora Sm.
  467. Pedicularis pauciflora (Prain ex Maxim.) Pennell
  468. Pedicularis paxiana H.Limpr.
  469. Pedicularis pectinata Wall. ex Benth.
  470. Pedicularis pectinatiformis Bonati
  471. Pedicularis pennellii Hultén
  472. Pedicularis pentagona H.L.Li
  473. Pedicularis perpusilla P.C.Tsoong
  474. Pedicularis perrottetii Benth.
  475. Pedicularis petelotii P.C.Tsoong
  476. Pedicularis petiolaris Ten.
  477. Pedicularis petitmenginii Bonati
  478. Pedicularis petrophila H.L.Li
  479. Pedicularis phaceliifolia Franch.
  480. Pedicularis pheulpinii Bonati
  481. Pedicularis physocalyx Bunge
  482. Pedicularis pilosocalycina Charit.
  483. Pedicularis pilostachya Maxim.
  484. Pedicularis pinetorum Hand.-Mazz.
  485. Pedicularis platychila P.C.Tsoong
  486. Pedicularis platyrhyncha Schrenk
  487. Pedicularis plicata Maxim.
  488. Pedicularis poluninii P.C.Tsoong
  489. Pedicularis polygaloides Hook.f.
  490. Pedicularis polyodonta H.L.Li
  491. Pedicularis pontica Boiss.
  492. Pedicularis popovii Vved.
  493. Pedicularis porrecta Wall. ex Benth.
  494. Pedicularis porriginosa P.C.Tsoong
  495. Pedicularis portenschlagii Saut. ex Rchb.
  496. Pedicularis potaninii Maxim.
  497. Pedicularis praeruptorum Bonati
  498. Pedicularis praetermissa (I.Soriano, M.Bernal & Sánchez-Cux.) Aymerich & L.Sáez
  499. Pedicularis prainiana Maxim.
  500. Pedicularis princeps Franch.
  501. Pedicularis proboscidea Steven
  502. Pedicularis procera A.Gray
  503. Pedicularis przewalskii Maxim.
  504. Pedicularis × pseudoasplenifolia Steininger
  505. Pedicularis pseudoatra Bonati
  506. Pedicularis pseudocephalantha Bonati
  507. Pedicularis pseudocurvituba P.C.Tsoong
  508. Pedicularis pseudoheydei P.C.Tsoong
  509. Pedicularis pseudohookeriana T.Yamaz.
  510. Pedicularis pseudoingens Bonati
  511. Pedicularis pseudomelampyriflora Bonati
  512. Pedicularis pseudomuscicola Bonati
  513. Pedicularis pseudoregeliana P.C.Tsoong
  514. Pedicularis pseudosteiningeri Bonati
  515. Pedicularis pseudoversicolor Hand.-Mazz.
  516. Pedicularis pteridifolia Bonati
  517. Pedicularis pubiflora Vved.
  518. Pedicularis pulchella Pennell
  519. Pedicularis pulchra Paulsen
  520. Pedicularis punctata Decne.
  521. Pedicularis purpurea Pennell
  522. Pedicularis pushpangadanii T.Husain & Arti Garg
  523. Pedicularis pycnantha Boiss.
  524. Pedicularis pygmaea Maxim.
  525. Pedicularis pyramidata Royle ex Benth.
  526. Pedicularis pyrenaica J.Gay
  527. Pedicularis qinghaiensis T.Yamaz.
  528. Pedicularis quxiangensis H.P.Yang
  529. Pedicularis racemosa Douglas ex Benth.
  530. Pedicularis raghvendrae Arti Garg & R.Kr.Singh
  531. Pedicularis rainierensis Pennell & F.A.Warren
  532. Pedicularis ramosissima Bonati
  533. Pedicularis rechingeri Wendelbo
  534. Pedicularis recurva Maxim.
  535. Pedicularis recutita L.
  536. Pedicularis refracta (Maxim.) Maxim.
  537. Pedicularis regeliana Prain
  538. Pedicularis remotiloba Hand.-Mazz.
  539. Pedicularis reptans P.C.Tsoong
  540. Pedicularis resupinata L.
  541. Pedicularis retingensis P.C.Tsoong
  542. Pedicularis revealiana Arti Garg
  543. Pedicularis rex C.B.Clarke ex Maxim.
  544. Pedicularis reynieri Bonati
  545. Pedicularis rhinanthoides Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
  546. Pedicularis rhizomatosa P.C.Tsoong
  547. Pedicularis rhodotricha Maxim.
  548. Pedicularis rhynchodonta Bureau & Franch.
  549. Pedicularis rhynchotricha P.C.Tsoong
  550. Pedicularis rigginsiae D.J.Keil
  551. Pedicularis rigida Franch. ex Maxim.
  552. Pedicularis rigidescens T.Yamaz.
  553. Pedicularis rigidiformis Bonati
  554. Pedicularis rizhaoensis H.P.Yang
  555. Pedicularis roborowskii Maxim.
  556. Pedicularis robusta Hook.f.
  557. Pedicularis rohtangensis Aswal, Goel & Mehrotra
  558. Pedicularis rosea Wulfen
  559. Pedicularis roseialba T.Yamaz.
  560. Pedicularis rostratocapitata Crantz
  561. Pedicularis rostratospicata Crantz
  562. Pedicularis rotundifolia C.E.C.Fisch.
  563. Pedicularis × rouyana F.O.Wolf ex Rouy
  564. Pedicularis roylei Maxim.
  565. Pedicularis rubens Stephan ex Willd.
  566. Pedicularis rudis Maxim.
  567. Pedicularis ruoergaiensis H.P.Yang
  568. Pedicularis rupicola Franch.
  569. Pedicularis × sagalaevii V.V.Byalt & Firsov
  570. Pedicularis salicifolia Bonati
  571. Pedicularis salviiflora Franch.
  572. Pedicularis sanguilimbata R.R.Mill
  573. Pedicularis sarawschanica Regel
  574. Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum L.
  575. Pedicularis schistostegia Vved.
  576. Pedicularis schizocalyx (Lange) Steininger
  577. Pedicularis schizorrhyncha Prain
  578. Pedicularis schugnana B.Fedtsch.
  579. Pedicularis scolopax Maxim.
  580. Pedicularis scopulorum A.Gray
  581. Pedicularis scullyana Prain ex Maxim.
  582. Pedicularis semenowii Regel
  583. Pedicularis semibarbata A.Gray
  584. Pedicularis semitorta Maxim.
  585. Pedicularis shansiensis P.C.Tsoong
  586. Pedicularis sherriffii P.C.Tsoong
  587. Pedicularis siamensis P.C.Tsoong
  588. Pedicularis sibirica Vved.
  589. Pedicularis sibthorpii Boiss.
  590. Pedicularis sigmoidea Franch.
  591. Pedicularis sikkimensis Bonati
  592. Pedicularis sima Maxim.
  593. Pedicularis siphonantha D.Don
  594. Pedicularis smithiana Bonati
  595. Pedicularis songarica Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
  596. Pedicularis sorbifolia P.C.Tsoong
  597. Pedicularis souliei Franch.
  598. Pedicularis sphaerantha P.C.Tsoong
  599. Pedicularis spicata Pall.
  600. Pedicularis stadlmanniana Bonati
  601. Pedicularis staintonii R.R.Mill
  602. Pedicularis steiningeri Bonati
  603. Pedicularis stenantha Franch.
  604. Pedicularis stenophylla H.L.Li
  605. Pedicularis stenotheca P.C.Tsoong
  606. Pedicularis stewartii Pennell
  607. Pedicularis straussii Hausskn.
  608. Pedicularis streptorhyncha P.C.Tsoong
  609. Pedicularis striata Pall.
  610. Pedicularis strobilacea Franch.
  611. Pedicularis stylosa H.P.Yang
  612. Pedicularis subrostrata C.A.Mey.
  613. Pedicularis subulatidens P.C.Tsoong
  614. Pedicularis sudetica Willd.
  615. Pedicularis sunkosiana T.Yamaz.
  616. Pedicularis superba Franch. ex Maxim.
  617. Pedicularis svenhedinii Paulsen
  618. Pedicularis sylvatica L.
  619. Pedicularis szetschuanica Maxim.
  620. Pedicularis tachanensis Bonati
  621. Pedicularis tahaiensis Bonati
  622. Pedicularis takpoensis P.C.Tsoong
  623. Pedicularis talassica Vved.
  624. Pedicularis taliensis Bonati
  625. Pedicularis tamurensis T.Yamaz.
  626. Pedicularis tantalorhyncha Franch. ex Bonati
  627. Pedicularis tantalorhynchoides P.C.Tsoong
  628. Pedicularis tapaoensis P.C.Tsoong
  629. Pedicularis tatarinowii Maxim.
  630. Pedicularis tatianae Bordz.
  631. Pedicularis tatsienensis Bureau & Franch.
  632. Pedicularis tayloriana P.C.Tsoong
  633. Pedicularis tenacifolia P.C.Tsoong
  634. Pedicularis tenera H.L.Li
  635. Pedicularis tenuicaulis Prain
  636. Pedicularis tenuirostris Benth.
  637. Pedicularis tenuisecta Franch. ex Maxim.
  638. Pedicularis tenuituba Pennell & H.L.Li
  639. Pedicularis ternata Maxim.
  640. Pedicularis terrenoflora T.Yamaz.
  641. Pedicularis thailandica T.Yamaz.
  642. Pedicularis thamnophila (Hand.-Mazz.) H.L.Li
  643. Pedicularis tianschanica Rupr.
  644. Pedicularis tibetica Franch.
  645. Pedicularis tomentosa H.L.Li
  646. Pedicularis tongolensis Franch.
  647. Pedicularis torta Maxim.
  648. Pedicularis transversa Baimukhambetova
  649. Pedicularis triangularidens P.C.Tsoong
  650. Pedicularis trichocymba H.L.Li
  651. Pedicularis trichodonta T.Yamaz.
  652. Pedicularis trichoglossa Hook.f.
  653. Pedicularis trichomata H.L.Li
  654. Pedicularis tricolor Hand.-Mazz.
  655. Pedicularis tripinnata M.Martens & Galeotti
  656. Pedicularis tristis L.
  657. Pedicularis tsaii H.L.Li
  658. Pedicularis tsangchanensis Franch. ex Maxim.
  659. Pedicularis tsarungensis H.L.Li
  660. Pedicularis tsekouensis Bonati
  661. Pedicularis tsiangii H.L.Li
  662. Pedicularis tuberosa L.
  663. Pedicularis uliginosa Bunge
  664. Pedicularis umbelliformis H.L.Li
  665. Pedicularis uralensis Vved.
  666. Pedicularis urceolata P.C.Tsoong
  667. Pedicularis vagans Hemsl.
  668. Pedicularis variegata H.L.Li
  669. Pedicularis venusta Schangin ex Bunge
  670. Pedicularis verae Vved.
  671. Pedicularis verbenifolia Franch. ex Maxim.
  672. Pedicularis × verlotii Arv.-Touv.
  673. Pedicularis veronicifolia Franch.
  674. Pedicularis verticillata L.
  675. Pedicularis vialii Franch.
  676. Pedicularis villosa Ledeb. ex Spreng.
  677. Pedicularis violascens Schrenk
  678. Pedicularis × vulpii Solms
  679. Pedicularis waldheimii Bonati
  680. Pedicularis wallichii Bunge
  681. Pedicularis wanghongiae M.L.Liu & W.B.Yu
  682. Pedicularis wardii Bonati
  683. Pedicularis weixiensis H.P.Yang
  684. Pedicularis × wettsteiniana Bonati
  685. Pedicularis wilhelmsiana Fisch. ex M.Bieb.
  686. Pedicularis wilsonii Bonati
  687. Pedicularis wlassowiana Steven
  688. Pedicularis woodii R.R.Mill
  689. Pedicularis xiangchengensis H.P.Yang
  690. Pedicularis xiqingshanensis H.Y.Feng & J.Z.Sun
  691. Pedicularis xylopoda P.C.Tsoong
  692. Pedicularis yalungensis T.Yamaz.
  693. Pedicularis yamazakiana R.R.Mill
  694. Pedicularis yanyuanensis H.P.Yang
  695. Pedicularis yaoshanensis H.Wang
  696. Pedicularis yarilaica R.R.Mill
  697. Pedicularis yezoensis Maxim.
  698. Pedicularis yinshanensis (Z.Y.Chu & Y.Z.Zhao) Y.Zhao
  699. Pedicularis yui H.L.Li
  700. Pedicularis yunnanensis Franch. ex Maxim.
  701. Pedicularis zayuensis H.P.Yang
  702. Pedicularis zeylanica Benth.
  703. Pedicularis zhongdianensis H.P.Yang

The Importance of Pedicularis

Beyond their aesthetic appeal and intriguing lifestyle, louseworts play an important role in their ecosystems. They provide a source of nectar for pollinators like bees and butterflies, and their seeds serve as food for birds and small mammals. Some Pedicularis species have also been used in traditional medicine to treat a variety of ailments.

My Ongoing Fascination

As I continue to learn more about Pedicularis, I am constantly amazed by the complexity and beauty of these plants. Their ability to thrive in challenging environments, their intricate relationships with other organisms, and their diverse forms all contribute to their unique charm. I am eager to delve deeper into the world of louseworts, exploring their evolutionary history, ecological significance, and potential uses.

Looking Ahead

The genus Pedicularis offers a wealth of opportunities for research and discovery. I am particularly interested in understanding the mechanisms behind their parasitic lifestyle, the factors that drive their diversification, and their potential applications in medicine and horticulture. I believe that by studying these fascinating plants, we can gain valuable insights into the intricate workings of the natural world.

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