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 moreorless 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 moreorless 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
... more about "Rhinanthus minor"
obtuse +, ovate +  and galeate +
Gordon C. Tucker +  and Bradley M. Daugherty +
Linnaeus +
ovate-oblong;linear-lanceolate or more or less oblong +
not leathery +, not fleshy +  and more or less fleshy +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
triangular +
puberulent;scabrid;puberulent;scabrid;glabrous +
ovate +  and suborbiculate +
accrescent +
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Little yellow rattle +
yellowish +  and yellow +
campanulate +  and compressed +
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
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 +
2 +  and 1 +
indehiscent +, septicidal +, loculicidal +  and dehiscence +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br />) +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
axillary +  and terminal +
deciduous +
deltate +
dentate +  and crenate-serrate +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
campylotropous-like +
Amoen. Acad. +
2 +  and 10 +
flattened +  and kidney--shaped +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Weedy +  and Illustrated +
subequal +
branched +  and simple +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (55 cm550 mm <br />0.55 m <br />) +
aerial +  and subterranean +
hairy +  and glabrous +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
not fleshy +
Alectorolophus minor +
Rhinanthus minor +
Rhinanthus +
species +
not +  and bristle-tipped +
straight +