PLANTS Profile for Melampyrum lineare (narrowleaf cowwheat)

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PLANTS Profile

Melampyrum lineare Desr.
narrowleaf cowwheat

Symbol:

MELI2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Scrophulariaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Melampyrum lineare Desr.

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Distribution:
Melampyrum lineare Desr.


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USA (CT, DC, DE, GA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Melampyrum lineare Desr.

View 91 genera in Scrophulariaceae, 1 species in Melampyrum or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Melampyrum lineare Desr. var. latifolium Bart.. . Image Available.

Melampyrum lineare var. latifolium
narrowleaf cowwheat

Distribution of Melampyrum lineare Desr. var. lineare. .

Melampyrum lineare var. lineare
narrowleaf cowwheat

Distribution of Melampyrum lineare Desr. var. pectinatum (Pennell) Fernald. .

Melampyrum lineare var. pectinatum
narrowleaf cowwheat

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Melampyrum lineare Desr.

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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

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Melampyrum lineare Desr.

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:
American cow-wheat		Rare
Kentucky:
Melampyrum lineare var. latifolium
American cow-wheat		Threatened
Melampyrum lineare var. pectinatum
American cow-wheat		Endangered
Ohio:
cow-wheat		Threatened

Wetland Indicator Status:
Melampyrum lineare Desr.

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Melampyrum lineare Desr.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 33651.

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

Time Generated: 02/14/2009 09:27 AM MST