Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinumL.

WFO wfo-0000475188 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum, photographed by Giedrius Markevičius
fig. a Giedrius Markevičius, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2021-07-17 / obs. 144486227
Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum, photographed by nina_nesterova
fig. b nina_nesterova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 141614535
Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum, photographed by Dag Endresen
fig. c Dag Endresen, CC0 1.0 / obs. 89052367
Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum, photographed by Dag Endresen
fig. d Dag Endresen, CC0 1.0 / obs. 88871189
Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum, photographed by Dag Endresen
fig. e Dag Endresen, CC0 1.0 / obs. 88877699
Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum, photographed by Julia Moning
fig. f Julia Moning, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 116788888
Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum, photographed by nina_nesterova
fig. g nina_nesterova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 141614911
Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum, photographed by Sigitas Juzėnas
fig. h Sigitas Juzėnas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 8957215

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Native range 31 botanical countries

Regions where Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum is native: Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Primorye, West Siberia, Yakutiya, Baltic States, Belarus, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, Germany, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Ukraine AltayAmurBuryatiyaChitaInner MongoliaIrkutskKazakhstanKhabarovskKrasnoyarskMagadanManchuriaMongoliaPrimoryeWest SiberiaYakutiyaBaltic StatesBelarusCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFinlandGermanyNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNorwayPolandRomaniaSwedenUkraine Korea
Native distribution of Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Amur AMU
Buryatiya BRY
Chita CTA
Inner Mongolia CHI
Irkutsk IRK
Kazakhstan KAZ
Khabarovsk KHA
Korea KOR
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Magadan MAG
Manchuria CHM
Mongolia MON
Primorye PRM
West Siberia WSB
Yakutiya YAK
Baltic States BLT EUROPE
Belarus BLR
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
Germany GER
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
Poland POL
Romania ROM
Sweden SWE
Ukraine UKR

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 14 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.

  • Pedicularis fastulosa Turcz.
  • Pedicularis folio-ceterac Gilib.
  • Pedicularis folioceterac Gilib.
  • Pedicularis macrostachya St.-Lag.
  • Pedicularis pubescens (Bunge) Y.Y.Pai
  • Pedicularis sceptrum Schrank
  • Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum f. pubescens (Bunge) Regel
  • Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum subsp. pubescens (Bunge) P.C.Tsoong
  • Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum subsp. sceptrum-carolinum
  • Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum var. glabra Bunge
  • Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum var. pubescens Bunge
  • Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum var. uniflora V.G.Sergienko
  • Prosopia sceptrum
  • Sceptrum carolinum J.O.Rudbeck ex Hartm.

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.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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