familyOrobanchaceae
genusRhinanthus
speciesRhinanthus minor
subspeciesRhinanthus minor subsp. groenlandicus
Rhinanthus minor subsp. groenlandicus
Bot. Not. 1905: 257. 1905.
Common names: Arctic yellow rattle rhinanthe du Groenland
Basionym: Rhinanthus groenlandicus Chabert Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 515. 1899
Synonyms: Alectorolophus groenlandicus (Chabert) Ostenfeld R. arcticus (Sterneck) Pennell R. borealis (Sterneck) Chabert R. minor subsp. borealis (Sterneck) Á. Löve
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Stems 13–30 cm, hairy on 2 opposite sides. Leaves: blade bright yellowish green, +/- oblong, margins coarsely dentate. Bracts longer than calyx, glabrous or puberulent, teeth not bristle-tipped. Corollas 15 mm; throat open; teeth of galea whitish, apex rounded to blunt. 2n = 22.
Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Meadows, clearings, forests, shores, slopes, sandy or rocky soils, alpine and subalpine habitats, dry hillsides, wet banks, floodplain woods, swamps, edges of lakes, damp roadsides, stream banks, margins of muskeg, calcareous substrates.
Elevation: 0–2100 m.
Distribution
Greenland, Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., N.S., Nunavut, Ont., Que., Yukon, Alaska, N.H., N.Y., Oreg., Wash., n Europe.
Discussion
Reports of subsp. groenlandicus from Maine, Montana, and Vermont appear to be erroneous; the authors have seen no specimens from those states.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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