PLANTS Profile for Melampyrum lineare var. latifolium (narrowleaf cowwheat)

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Melampyrum lineare Desr. var. latifolium Bart.
narrowleaf cowwheat

Symbol:

MELIL2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Scrophulariaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Melampyrum latifolium

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 224. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Melampyrum lineare Desr. var. latifolium Bart.

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Synonyms:
Melampyrum lineare Desr. var. latifolium Bart.

MELA6

Melampyrum latifolium (W. Barton) Muhl. ex Britton & A. Br.

Distribution:
Melampyrum lineare Desr. var. latifolium Bart.


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USA (CT, DC, DE, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Melampyrum lineare Desr. var. latifolium Bart.

View 91 genera in Scrophulariaceae, 1 species in Melampyrum, 3 varieties in Melampyrum lineare Desr.

Classification:
Melampyrum lineare Desr. var. latifolium Bart.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Scrophulariales
Family	Scrophulariaceae – Figwort family
Genus	Melampyrum L. – cowwheat
Species	Melampyrum lineare Desr. – narrowleaf cowwheat
Variety	Melampyrum lineare Desr. var. latifolium Bart. – narrowleaf cowwheat

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Melampyrum lineare Desr. var. latifolium Bart.

This plant and the related entitiesitalicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Indiana:
Melampyrum lineare
American cow-wheat		Rare
Kentucky:
American cow-wheat		Threatened
Ohio:
Melampyrum lineare
cow-wheat		Threatened

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Melampyrum lineare Desr. var. latifolium Bart.

Melampyrum lineare:

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

FACU,FAC

FACU

FAC-

FAC

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More Accounts and Images:
Melampyrum lineare Desr. var. latifolium Bart.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 529120.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 05:53 AM CDT