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Melampyrum arvense
Melampyrum arvense, commonly known as field cow-wheat, is an herbaceous flowering plant of the genus Melampyrum in the family Orobanchaceae. It is striking because of the conspicuous spike of pink or purple terminal bracts which includes the flowers.
The Latin specific epithet arvense means "growing in cultivated fields".
6 branches of this group, most-observed first
Field Cow-wheat
speciesMelampyrum arvense
Melampyrum argyrocomum
speciesMelampyrum argyrocomum
Melampyrum chlorostachyum
speciesMelampyrum chlorostachyum
Melampyrum caucasicum
speciesMelampyrum caucasicum
Melampyrum elatius
speciesMelampyrum elatius
Melampyrum alboffianum
speciesMelampyrum alboffianum
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 1624082.