Rhinanthus minor
Amoen. Acad. 3: 54. 1756.
Stems sometimes with black streaks, simple or slightly branched, 5–20(–55) cm. Leaves: blade ovate-oblong to linear-lanceolate or +/- 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 +/- 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 |