RHINANTHUSL. - YELLOW-RATTLE
Scientific Description:
Annuals, hemiparasitic. Leaves opposite, simply serrate-crenate, sessile. Flowers in terminal, bracteate racemes. Calyx bilabiate, 4-lobed, strongly compressed laterally, clearly accrescent. Corolla bilabiate, yellow; upper lip 2-toothed below apex enclosing stamens; lower lip 3-lobed. Stamens 4; thecae not mucronate, villous. Capsule strongly compressed within persistent calyx; seeds many, flat, winged.
Reference:
Hedge IC (1978). Rhinanthus L., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 6: 777.
Public Description:
Rhinanthus, is a genus of annual hemiparasitic herbaceous plants, commonly known as “yellow-rattle” or “rattle”, and is native to Europe, northern Asia, and North America. There are approximately 34 species in the world and 1 species (2 taxa) in Türkiye. They have yellow flowers.
References:
Anonymous 1 (2016) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinanthus /,Accessed date: 22.09.2016.
Anonymous 2 (2016) http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Orobanchaceae/Rhinanthus/ /,Accessed date: 22.09.2016.
Anonymous 3 (2016) https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/search/?q=rhinanthus /,Accessed date: 22.09.2016.
Uzunhisarcıklı M E (2012) Rhinanthus L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 658.
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