Pedicularis groenlandicaRetz.

Elephant's-Head lousewort

WFO wfo-0001136575 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Pedicularis groenlandica, photographed by Ellyne Geurts
fig. a Ellyne Geurts, CC0 1.0 / 2021-08-08 / obs. 165703428
Pedicularis groenlandica, photographed by Erin Springinotic
fig. b Erin Springinotic, CC0 1.0 / obs. 162135347
Pedicularis groenlandica, photographed by Erin Springinotic
fig. c Erin Springinotic, CC0 1.0 / obs. 160752297
Pedicularis groenlandica, photographed by Diego Blanco
fig. d Diego Blanco, CC0 1.0 / obs. 156174748
Pedicularis groenlandica, photographed by Erin Springinotic
fig. e Erin Springinotic, CC0 1.0 / obs. 160764158
Pedicularis groenlandica, photographed by Harrison J Elkins
fig. f Harrison J Elkins, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 147237178
Pedicularis groenlandica, photographed by Reid Hardin
fig. g Reid Hardin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 145052490
Pedicularis groenlandica, photographed by Harrison J Elkins
fig. h Harrison J Elkins, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 160443638

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Flowering n = 1,406 observations

Peak flowering in Jul, from 1,406 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 10 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Elephantella groenlandica (Retz.) Rydb.
  • Elephantella groenlandica var. surrecta (Benth.) Moldenke
  • Pedicularis groenlandica f. chlorina Stanif., P.F.Maycock & J.Svoboda
  • Pedicularis groenlandica f. gracilis Lepage
  • Pedicularis groenlandica f. groenlandica
  • Pedicularis groenlandica f. pallida Lepage
  • Pedicularis groenlandica subsp. groenlandica
  • Pedicularis groenlandica subsp. surrecta (Benth.) Penn.
  • Pedicularis groenlandica var. surrecta (Benth.) A.Gray
  • Pedicularis surrecta Benth.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.