1687 Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum L.

This mainly boreal-montane species is widely distributed in Eurasia. It is questionable whether the gaps in the Siberian distribution area are real. In some localities, for instance in S. Sweden, it is probably extinct. The closely related E. Asiatic taxa P. gloriosa Biss. & Moore (syn.: P. sceptrum-carolinum f. japonica Miq.) and P. ochiaiana Makino are mapped separately. Cf. also Meusel et al. 1978, map p. 403.