Pedicularis sylvatica
speciesAt a glance
Sources14 archives
Databases and archives Pedicularis sylvatica's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation10 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility107 699 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI45 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics44 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Pedicularis sylvatica, commonly known as common lousewort, is a plant species in the genus Pedicularis. It is native to central and northern Europe where it grows on moist acidic soils, moorland, grassy heathland and the drier parts of marshes.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology10
Life cycle & reproduction14
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment9
Physiology & chemistry5
Other traits2
Compounds documented for Pedicularis sylvatica across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile1 class
Documented compounds3 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8-Epiloganin | present | LOTUS | |
| Euphroside | present | LOTUS | |
| Plantarenaloside | present | LOTUS |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Pedicularis sylvatica has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Pedicularis sylvatica carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 1614×GoaT · DTOL Flowering Plants Estimates Kew · CCDB · brit-fl · CCDB · nw-europe-fl +7
2n 321×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
How it livedPBDB
Record type107 699 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions45 of 110 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 355 |
| LDlocation not on record | 353 |
| Olocation not on record | 285 |
| Bergen, NO | 207 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 203 |
| Uppsala, SE | 128 |
| Brussel, BE | 123 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 108 |
| Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record | 105 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 86 |
| Instytut Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 54 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 52 |
| Görlitz, DE | 41 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 36 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 34 |
| South Kensington, GB | 34 |
| BClocation not on record | 34 |
| Bern, CH | 30 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 27 |
| MAlocation not on record | 26 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 25 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 25 |
| Dresden, DE | 25 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 23 |
| València, ES | 21 |
| KFGBlocation not on record | 21 |
| Barcelona, ES | 20 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 17 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 17 |
| Wlocation not on record | 14 |
| Salamanca, ES | 13 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 12 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 12 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 11 |
| University of Hamburglocation not on record | 10 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 9 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 9 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 8 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 8 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 7 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 7 |
| University of Trondheim, Museum of Natural History and Archeologylocation not on record | 6 |
| Helsinki, FI | 6 |
| SNSNMClocation not on record | 6 |
| Bourges, FR | 6 |
| UGentlocation not on record | 6 |
| Namur, BE | 6 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 6 |
| University of Copenhagen, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Herbarium Clocation not on record | 5 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 5 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 5 |
| Saint Louis, US | 5 |
| PRClocation not on record | 4 |
| Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisienlocation not on record | 4 |
| Muséum Henri Lecoqlocation not on record | 4 |
| Gijón, ES | 4 |
| Paris, FR | 4 |
| Fulda, DE | 4 |
| nbflocation not on record | 4 |
| Vitoria, ES | 4 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 3 |
| Mlocation not on record | 3 |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record | 3 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 3 |
| Salvador, BR | 3 |
| Kew, GB | 3 |
| Wellington, NZ | 3 |
| Alicante, ES | 3 |
| FLADlocation not on record | 3 |
| National Museum Waleslocation not on record | 3 |
| NMBU:MINAlocation not on record | 3 |
| Tilburg, NL | 3 |
| Trondheim, NO | 3 |
| BSBIlocation not on record | 3 |
| Kunming, CN | 2 |
| Berlin, DE | 2 |
| Cheney, US | 2 |
| Podgorica, ME | 2 |
| Pamplona, ES | 2 |
| Jaén, ES | 2 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 2 |
| Badajoz, ES | 2 |
| No collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 2 |
| Madrid, ES | 2 |
| University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 1 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 1 |
| Xiamen, CN | 1 |
| University of Hulllocation not on record | 1 |
| Zürich, CH | 1 |
| Zürich, CH | 1 |
| Lausanne, CH | 1 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 1 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 1 |
| Pamplona, ES | 1 |
| Turku, FI | 1 |
| Memorial University of Newfoundlandlocation not on record | 1 |
| Musée des Confluenceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowielocation not on record | 1 |
| Bronx, US | 1 |
| H-AkrKGlocation not on record | 1 |
| CJBNlocation not on record | 1 |
| Banyoles, ES | 1 |
| National Botanic Garden of Waleslocation not on record | 1 |
| Plocation not on record | 1 |
| Monastir, TN | 1 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 1 |
| Royal Botanic Gardens, Kewlocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Pedicularis sylvatica was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.