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Common Cow-wheat
Melampyrum pratense
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Small Cow-wheatMelampyrum sylvaticum
Wood Cow-wheatMelampyrum nemorosum
narrowleaf cow wheatMelampyrum lineare
greater stitchwortRabelera holostea
Crested Cow-wheatMelampyrum cristatum
common toadflaxLinaria vulgaris
Field Cow-wheatMelampyrum arvense
meadow peaLathyrus pratensis
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 205,060 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 205,055 |
| Russia | 4,210 |
| Germany | 1,780 |
| United Kingdom | 1,756 |
| Finland | 1,457 |
| Sweden | 1,160 |
| England | 1,115 |
| France | 973 |
| Austria | 847 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- ParasiteDescends from a lineage whose members commonly live parasitically on another organism.Inferred from its group
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Mints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales |
| Family | broomrape family · Orobanchaceae |
| Genus | cow-wheats · Melampyrum |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Common Cow-wheat with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.