The English name of this plant doesn't refer to a herabl cure for lice but the belief was that the meadows in which it grows, cause the cattle to be infested with lice and liver flukes.
Pedicularis is the Latin for louse but sylvatica implies that it is a plant of the woods, forests and hedgerows. I tend to find it in wet meadows in the open rather than shady places so it should probably be P. palustre or P. campestre.
Anglesey 27th May 2003
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