Rhinanthus minor L.

Taxonomy: Fam. Orobanchaceae// Genus: Rhinanthus// Species: Rhinanthus minor L. The classification is given according to the Euro+Med Planbase (source: Marhold, 2011+).

Determined according to the botanical keys provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 3 (Tutin et al., 1972).

Lifeform: Annual; Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from Europe to West Siberia and Kazakhstan; Russian Far East (Khabarovsk, Kamchatka, Primorye, Sakhalin); Iceland; Faroe islands according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Grasslands and pastures in the subalpine belt.

Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL.

References:

Rhinanthus minor L. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.  https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30116962-2 [Accessed 25.06.2022].

Rhinanthus minor. Marhold, K. (2011+): Rhinanthus. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/89fc96cb-03c9-4611-aa0c-2f3689fcc0f7 [Accessed 25.06.2022].

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1972). Flora Europaea. Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.