Pedicularis
Family: Orobanchaceae
Lousewort
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Christopher Noll  

Key to Wisconsin Pedicularis

Author: John G. Zaborsky

    • 1a.Cauline leaves all or mostly alternate, lobed more than halfway to the midrib; stems hairy throughout; upper lip of the corolla with a prolonged tooth on each side of the apex; capsule 2–3 times longer than the calyx P. canadensis

    • 1b.Cauline leaves all opposite, lobed less than halfway to the midrib; stems glabrous distally, sparsely pubescent proximally; upper lip of the corolla with at most a shallow tooth on each side of the apex; capsule scarcely longer than the calyx P. lanceolata