Melampyrum pratense L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Common Cow-wheat
🇫🇷 Mélampyre des prés

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Clade: Asterids
Clade: Lamiids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Orobanchaceae
Tribe: Rhinantheae
Genus: Melampyrum
Species: Melampyrum pratense

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

M. pratense subsp. alpestre Ronniger, 1910;
M. pratense subsp. angustifrons (Borbás) Soó, 1927;
M. pratense subsp. commutatum (Tausch ex A.Kern.) C.E.Britton, 1943;
M. pratense subsp. congestum (Beauverd) Soó, 1927;
M. pratense subsp. engleri Soó, 1927;
M. pratense subsp. hians (Druce) Beauverd, 1914;
M. pratense subsp. montanum (Johnst.) Soó, 1927;
M. pratense subsp. monticola (Beauverd) Soó, 1939;
M. pratense subsp. oligocladum (Beauverd) Soó, 1927;
M. pratense subsp. paludosum (Gaudin) P.Fourn., 1937;
M. pratense subsp. paradoxum O.C.Dahl, 1905;
M. pratense subsp. pratense L., 1753, P;
M. pratense subsp. purpureum (Hartm.) Soó, 1927;
M. pratense subsp. tatrense Soó, 1925.

Photographs

img/melampyrum-pratense.webp — Melampyrum pratense

img/melampyrum-pratense-2.webp — Melampyrum pratense

img/melampyrum-pratense-3.webp — Melampyrum pratense - Immature seed capsules

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 857). Biotope.