Rhinanthus L.

Yellow rattle (en), Rhinanthe (fr)

Genus

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Orobanchaceae

Characteristics

Cal membranous, reticulate-veiny, shallowly 4-lobed, more deeply cleft above and below than on the sides, in fr strongly accrescent and becoming suborbicular; cor very irregular, the upper lip very concave, with a lateral lobe-appendage on each side near the summit, the lower lip 3-lobed, the throat with 2 longitudinal ridges; stamens 4, paired, ascending under the upper lip; stigma capitate; fr flat, suborbicular, loculicidal; seeds large, flat, narrowly winged; hemiparasitic annuals with opposite, sessile or subsessile, serrate, pinnately veined lvs and rather small yellow fls sessile or subsessile in the axils of the uppermost or bracteal lvs, forming a secund leafy spike. 2–several, temperate Eurasia and N. Amer.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Mature height (meter) 20.05 - 35.4
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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