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

North America, Europe.

Discussion

Subspecies 4 (2 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Rhinanthus minor subsp. groenlandicus, Rhinanthus minor subsp. minor

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