Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Orobanchaceae (Broomrape family)
Genus: Rhinanthus (Yellow Rattle)
Rhinanthus minor L. - Yellow-Rattle
Rhinanthus alpinus Baumg. - Alpine Yellow Rattle
Rhinanthus glacialis Personnat
Rhinanthus alectorolophus (Scop.) Pollich - Greater Yellow Rattle
Rhinanthus angustifolius C. C. Gmel. - Late-Flowering Yellow Rattle
Chlorophyll containing hemiparasite, maximal 80 cm tall, annual. <span class="v1">supporting-leaves of the flowers:</span> <b>approx. as long as the calyx</b>, <ba><b>the upper teeth up to 0.5‑times as large as the lower</b></ba>, <ba>glabrous</ba>. <span...
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)
forests, shrubbery, bogs, sedge-lands, extensively used or natural grassland, dwarf shrub heaths, ruderal vegetation
in nutrient-poor, periodically wet habitats