Rhinanthus minor

Linnaeus

Amoen. Acad. 3: 54. 1756.

Common names: Little yellow rattle
WeedyIllustrated
Synonyms: Alectorolophus minor (Linnaeus) Dumortier
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 505. Mentioned on page 504.

Stems sometimes with black streaks, simple or slightly branched, 5–20(–55) cm. Leaves: blade ovate-oblong to linear-lanceolate or +/- oblong, (2–)5–15 mm wide, margins crenate-serrate or coarsely dentate. Bracts triangular, glabrous or puberulent, sometimes scabrid, teeth bristle-tipped or not, basal teeth slightly longer than others. Calyces 13–16 mm, glabrous, scabrid, or puberulent. Corollas 13–15 mm; tube straight; throat +/- open; teeth of galea (0.4–)0.6–1 mm. Capsules 10–12 mm. Seeds 8–10, 4 mm.

Distribution

Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., N.S., N.W.T., Nunavut, Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Ariz., Colo., Conn., Idaho, Maine, Mass., Mich., Mont., N.H., N.Mex., N.Y., Oreg., Wash., Wis., Europe.

Discussion

Subspecies 4 (2 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Leaves: blades ovate-oblong to linear-lanceolate, margins crenate-serrate (distal leaves sometimes dentate); teeth of galea of corolla bluish or bluish gray; stems glabrous. Rhinanthus minor subsp. minor
1 Leaves: blades +/- oblong, margins coarsely dentate; teeth of galea of corolla whitish; stems hairy on 2 opposite sides. Rhinanthus minor subsp. groenlandicus
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Gordon C. Tucker +  and Bradley M. Daugherty +
Linnaeus +
Little yellow rattle +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, N.S. +, N.W.T. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Ariz. +, Colo. +, Conn. +, Idaho +, Maine +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Mont. +, N.H. +, N.Mex. +, N.Y. +, Oreg. +, Wash. +, Wis. +  and Europe. +
Amoen. Acad. +
Weedy +  and Illustrated +
Alectorolophus minor +
Rhinanthus minor +
Rhinanthus +
species +