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Bearded Lousewort
Pedicularis semibarbata
  
About Bearded Lousewort (Pedicularis semibarbata) 0 Nurseries Carry This Plant Pedicularis semibarbata is a species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common name pinewoods lousewort. It is native to California and Nevada, where it can often be found in coniferous forests. This is a perennial herb producing several stems up to 20 centimeters long from a caudex, but most of the stem is beneath the soil and the plant is low on the ground. The leaves are up to 20 centimeters long, lance-shaped shape and divided into many toothed or lobed segments. The flower cluster is a raceme of flowers with hairy leafs and sepals surrounding the flower bases. Each hairy red- or purple-tinged yellow flower is club-shaped and may exceed 2 centimeters in length. Toward the middle it is divided into a broad hooded upper lip and a three-lobed lower lip. Like many species in the broomrape family, the lousewort is a root-parasite. This species taps nutrients from conifers and the lupine Lupinus fulcratus.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Perennial herb

Size
Size
8.4 in tall

Wildlife Supported
 


 
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Landscaping Information
Sun
Sun
Full Sun, Part Shade

Natural Setting
Site Type
Site Type
Dry ridges

Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 13.1" - 120.2", Summer Precipitation: 0.25" - 4.08", Coldest Month: 21.1" - 52.0", Hottest Month: 43.7" - 80.5", Humidity: 0.42" - 28.68", Elevation: 70" - 11671"

Alternative Names
Common Names: Pine Lousewort, Pine-woods Lousewort, Pinewoods Lousewort


Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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