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Melampyrum
Melampyrum is a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae known commonly as cow wheat. They are native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. They are hemiparasites on other plants, obtaining water and nutrients from host plants, though some are able to survive on their own without parasitising other plants.
Melampyrum species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including the mouse moth (Amphipyra tragopoginis).
22 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Common Cow-wheat
speciesMelampyrum pratense
Melampyrum nemorosum
complexMelampyrum nemorosum
narrowleaf cow wheat
speciesMelampyrum lineare
Melampyrum arvense
complexMelampyrum arvense
Small Cow-wheat
speciesMelampyrum sylvaticum
Crested Cow-wheat
speciesMelampyrum cristatum
Melampyrum roseum
complexMelampyrum roseum
Melampyrum barbatum
speciesMelampyrum barbatum
Melampyrum carstiense
speciesMelampyrum carstiense
Melampyrum laxum
speciesMelampyrum laxum
Melampyrum saxosum
speciesMelampyrum saxosum
Melampyrum fimbriatum
speciesMelampyrum fimbriatum
Melampyrum yezoense
speciesMelampyrum yezoense
Melampyrum ciliatum
speciesMelampyrum ciliatum
Melampyrum × viviscense
hybridMelampyrum × viviscense
Melampyrum × burnatii
hybridMelampyrum × burnatii
Melampyrum × dolosum
hybridMelampyrum × dolosum
Melampyrum indicum
speciesMelampyrum indicum
Melampyrum × knetschii
hybridMelampyrum × knetschii
Melampyrum stenophyllum
speciesMelampyrum stenophyllum
Melampyrum variegatum
speciesMelampyrum variegatum
Melampyrum mulkijanianii
speciesMelampyrum mulkijanianii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.165
A New Herbal, or History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.188
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.427
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.166
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.98
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 57503.