Melampyrum arvense L.

Field cow-wheat (en), Mélampyre des champs (fr), Rougeole (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Orobanchaceae > Melampyrum

Characteristics

It produces annual stems that are erect and divided. They grow 10-50 cm tall. The seeds are oval and slightly crooked on one side. They are 5-6 mm long by 2 mm wide.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support parasite
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

The seeds can be mixed with wheat flour to make bread but the bread will be black.
Uses medicinal
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Melampyrum arvense habit picture by Benoît Clavières (cc-by-sa)
Melampyrum arvense habit picture by angélique (cc-by-sa)
Melampyrum arvense habit picture by Greif Stefan (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Melampyrum arvense leaf picture by Jürgen Balz (cc-by-sa)
Melampyrum arvense leaf picture by Stefan Kamps (cc-by-sa)
Melampyrum arvense leaf picture by Benoît Clavières (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Melampyrum arvense flower picture by Jiří Merta (cc-by-sa)
Melampyrum arvense flower picture by Jean François Lesur (cc-by-sa)
Melampyrum arvense flower picture by Pavel Gaňa (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Melampyrum arvense fruit picture by Julien Lavenus (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Melampyrum arvense world distribution map, present in Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Georgia, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Liberia, Luxembourg, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:805620-1
WFO ID wfo-0001137337
COL ID 6QY35
BDTFX ID 41577
INPN ID 107786
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Melampyrum semleri Marinellia arvensis Melampyrum argyrocomum Melampyrum hybridum Melampyrum arvense Melampyrum pseudobarbatum Melampyrum albicans Melampyrum arvense subsp. aestivum Melampyrum arvense subsp. pseudobarbatum Melampyrum arvense subsp. vernum Melampyrum arvense var. semleri