Melampyrum nemorosum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Orobanchaceae |
Genus: | Melampyrum |
Species: | M. nemorosum
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Binomial name | |
Melampyrum nemorosum |
Wood cow-wheat [1] (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) [2] 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.
This plant is a host to the rust fungus Coleosporium melampyri [3] und Cronartium flaccidum with the associated uredium and telium. [4]