Scientific Name: Pedicularis sylvatica - 'sylvatica' = 'of the woods.'
English Name: Lousewort - any plant name with a 'wort' suffix indicates a plant that was considered useful medicinally. Presumably Lousewort was used to treat lice.
French Name: Le Pédiculaire des bois or pédiculaire des forets - 'des bois' = 'of the woods'; 'des forets' = 'of the forests'.
5 Key Characters:
Habitat: Damp heaths, grassland, avoids chalky soils.
Flowering Period: April-May-June-July.
Status: Fairly common.
Photographed by Loire Valley Nature:
Photographs numbered from left to right and top to bottom. 1 on a ride in the Parc de Boussay, April.
English Name: Lousewort - any plant name with a 'wort' suffix indicates a plant that was considered useful medicinally. Presumably Lousewort was used to treat lice.
French Name: Le Pédiculaire des bois or pédiculaire des forets - 'des bois' = 'of the woods'; 'des forets' = 'of the forests'.
5 Key Characters:- low growing (10 - 20 cm).
- pink tubelike flowers.
- calyx (the green 'cup' the flower sits in) 5 angled and rather fat.
- upper lip of flower 2 toothed.
- flower spikes short and with few flowers.
Habitat: Damp heaths, grassland, avoids chalky soils.
Flowering Period: April-May-June-July.
Status: Fairly common.
Photographed by Loire Valley Nature:
Photographs numbered from left to right and top to bottom. 1 on a ride in the Parc de Boussay, April.
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