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Melampyrum nemorosum
Wood cow-wheat (Melampyrum nemorosum) is an herbaceous flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae. It is native to Europe. In Sweden it is called natt och dag (Night and Day). In Russia it is called Ivan-da-Marya (Ivan and Maria), a Christianisation of the traditional Slavic Kupalo-da-Mavka (Kupalo-and-Mavka).
This is an annual plant. The new leaves are blue, turning green as they mature. They are usually toothed at the bases.
12 branches of this group, most-observed first
Wood Cow-wheat
speciesMelampyrum nemorosum
Melampyrum vaudense
speciesMelampyrum vaudense
Melampyrum subalpinum
speciesMelampyrum subalpinum
Melampyrum italicum
speciesMelampyrum italicum
Melampyrum polonicum
speciesMelampyrum polonicum
Melampyrum velebiticum
speciesMelampyrum velebiticum
Melampyrum bihariense
speciesMelampyrum bihariense
Melampyrum scardicum
speciesMelampyrum scardicum
Melampyrum trichocalicinum
speciesMelampyrum trichocalicinum
Melampyrum doerfleri
speciesMelampyrum doerfleri
Melampyrum heracleoticum
speciesMelampyrum heracleoticum
Melampyrum hoermannianum
speciesMelampyrum hoermannianum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1624067.