[Louseworts: The Genus Pedicularis in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Birds Beak Lousewort, Birdsbeak Pedicularis, Ducksbill Lousewort

Pedicularis ornithorhyncha

Synonyms: Pedicularis pedicellata, Pedicularis subnuda

Inflorescence of Birds Beak Lousewort, Birdsbeak Pedicularis, Ducksbill Lousewort: Pedicularis ornithorhyncha (Synonyms: Pedicularis pedicellata, Pedicularis subnuda)

Bird's beak lousewort as seen in wet meadows uphill to the west of a 20' waterfall on upper South Fork Conrad Creek, Goat Rocks Wilderness........July 22, 2016.

Flower of Birds Beak Lousewort, Birdsbeak Pedicularis, Ducksbill Lousewort: Pedicularis ornithorhyncha (Synonyms: Pedicularis pedicellata, Pedicularis subnuda) - Birds Beak Lousewort, Birdsbeak Pedicularis, Ducksbill Lousewort: Pedicularis ornithorhyncha (Synonyms: Pedicularis pedicellata, Pedicularis subnuda) - Birds Beak Lousewort, Birdsbeak Pedicularis, Ducksbill Lousewort: Pedicularis ornithorhyncha (Synonyms: Pedicularis pedicellata, Pedicularis subnuda)

Bird's beak lousewort as seen in wet meadows uphill to the west of a 20' waterfall on upper South Fork Conrad Creek, Goat Rocks Wilderness........July 22, 2016.

Birds Beak Lousewort, Birdsbeak Pedicularis, Ducksbill Lousewort: Pedicularis ornithorhyncha (Synonyms: Pedicularis pedicellata, Pedicularis subnuda) - Birds Beak Lousewort, Birdsbeak Pedicularis, Ducksbill Lousewort: Pedicularis ornithorhyncha (Synonyms: Pedicularis pedicellata, Pedicularis subnuda)

Birdsbeak pedicularis from west of Sunrise, Mount Rainier National Park, early September, 1995.

The following are examples of Pedicularis ornithorhyncha from west of Sunrise, Mount Rainier National Park, August 23, 1996.

An albino Birdsbeak Pedicularis?

An albino Birdsbeak Pedicularis? with a normal one in the background.

Normal Birdsbeak Pedicularis


Paul Slichter