1696 Pedicularis sylvatica L.

This mainly European species has its greatest frequency in W. Europe. The subsp. lusitanica (Hoffm. & Link) Coutinho (Portugal, SW. Spain) and subsp. hibernica D. A. Webb (NW. Europe) have pronouced oceanic distribution. The species may not be native in N. America (cf. however Fernald, Manual 1950, p. 1299). The present distribution is amphi-atlantic (Hultén, Amphi-atl., p. 152 and map 134). Cf. also Meusel et al. 1978, map p. 405.