Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Orobanchaceae (Broomrape family)
Genus: Melampyrum (Cowwheat)
Melampyrum cristatum L. - Crested Cow-Wheat
Melampyrum arvense L. - Field Cow-Wheat
Melampyrum nemorosum L. - Wood Cow-Wheat
Melampyrum pratense L. - Common Cow-Wheat
Melampyrum sylvaticum L. - Small Cow-Wheat
Chlorophyll containing hemiparasite, 10–60 cm tall, annual. inflorescence:
The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.
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The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
perennial herbaceous vegetation, forests, shrubbery, bogs, sedge-lands, extensively used or natural grassland, dwarf shrub heaths
in nutrient-poor, acid habitats