Rhinanthus minor L., 1756

Common names

🇬🇧 Yellow-rattle
🇫🇷 Rhinanthe mineur, Petit cocriste, Petit rhinanthe, Rhinanthe à petites fleurs

Taxonomy

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

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Hemiparasitic on Poaceae and Fabaceae.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

R. minor subsp. calcareus (Wilmott) E.F.Warb., 1967;
R. minor subsp. lintonii (Wilmott) P.D.Sell, 1967;
R. minor subsp. minor
- var. balticus (U.Schneid.) Hartl, 1972;
- var. elatior Schur, 1866;
- var. hercynicus (O.Schwarz) Hartl, 1972;
- var. minor L., 1756, P;
- var. rusticulus A.C.Chabert, 1899;
R. minor subsp. monticola (Lamotte) P.Fourn., 1937;
R. minor subsp. stenophyllus (Schur) P.Fourn., 1937.

Hybridizes with R. serotinus (Schönh. ex Halácsy & Heinr.Braun) Oborný, 1886 to produce R. × fallax (Sterneck) Chabert, 1899, P.

Photographs

img/rhinanthus-minor.webp — Rhinanthus minor

img/rhinanthus-minor-2.webp — Rhinanthus minor

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 869). Biotope.