Common name:
Marsh lousewort
Family:
Scientific name:
Pedicularis palustris
Main flower color:
Range:
Ireland, Wales, Scotland and north/south England
Height:
Up to 60 cm
Habitat:
Bogs, fens and marshes, favouring acid soils
Flowers:
The corolla, up to 25 mm long, is tubular, with a dark pink upper lip, arched towards the tip and flattened at the sides, and a lighter-coloured lower lip, divided near the tip into three spreading lobes. The calyx is greenish, red towards the tip, ribbed and sparsely hairy. Flowers are subtended by leaf-like bracts
Leaves:
Hairless, oblong, pinnately lobed, up to 6 cm long; divided into narrow, toothed segments
Season:
May to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
