703 Species in 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 belong to the Orobanchaceae family, 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.