Melampyrum sylvaticum

Growing form

Annual, hemiparasitic herb.

Size

10–30 cm high.

Stem

Typically few-branched.

Leaf

The leaves are opposite, exstipulate, narrowly ovate – nearly linear. The bracts are like the stem leaves, narrow, entire and green.

Flower

The secund inflorescence consists of paired axillary flowers. The flowers are bisexual. The calyx is four-lobed. The lobes are 2.5 mm long, narrowly deltoid and retrorse. The corolla is dark butter-yellow, 7–9 mm, and bilabiate. The upper lip is cucullate and the lower lip is trilobate and deflexed. The tube is short. The throat is open.

Fruit and seed

The fruit is an ellipsoid capsule that is as long as the calyx and contains 2–4 ovoid seeds.

Source: Pinkka e-learning: Excursion to Åland - Nature trail, Nåtö. CC BY 4.0

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Observations
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Checklist
MR.1
Scientific name
Melampyrum sylvaticum
Author
L.
Vernacular names
  • metsämaitikka (Finnish)
  • skogskovall (Swedish)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.39632
Taxon rank
Occurrence in Finland
Status in Finland
Regulatory Status
Finnish Regional Red List Category
  • 2019
  • 2010
Expert
  • Mikko Piirainen
DNA barcode sequences
Melampyrum sylvaticum
17 public records
Informal groups
  • Vascular plants