Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Melampyrum lineare
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
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Read What Cow? What Wheat? from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Read more about Cow-wheat at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Melampyrum lineare
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Melampyrum lineare
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)
Melampyrum lineare
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Melampyrum lineare var. latifolium
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Melampyrum lineare var. lineare
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Melampyrum lineare var. pectinatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-30-001:
Melampyrum lineare FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Melampyrum lineare var. americanum
INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Melampyrum lineare var. latifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Melampyrum lineare
COMMON NAME:
Cow-wheat
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JK Marlow jkm060508_227
May Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District
Whitish flowers with a yellow tip; grows in dry woods, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).
JK Marlow jkm150509_008
May Dawson County GA
Dawson Forest WMA
Leaves quite variable, linear to ovate-lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Dan Whitten sdw_cowwheat
May Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Calyx tube 3-4mm long, with 4 lobes almost equal or one much longer, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
JK Marlow jkm0407m_14
July Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Stem leaves entire (bracteal leaves in and near the inflorescence sometimes pectinately fringed), per Weakley's Flora (2023).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Melampyrum lineare
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Melampyrum lineare
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Melampyrum lineare
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Melampyrum lineare
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Melampyrum lineare var. latifolium
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Melampyrum lineare var. lineare
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Melampyrum lineare var. pectinatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-30-001:
Melampyrum lineare
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Melampyrum lineare var. americanum
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Melampyrum lineare var. latifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Melampyrum lineare
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