BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Melampyrum pratense L. (Common Cow-wheat)
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melampyrum pratense | Plant | 17 June 1974 | Mid-west Yorkshire | England | 1 |
Subtaxa
| Rank | Taxon | |
|---|---|---|
| Subspecies | Melampyrum pratense ssp. pratense (a common cow-wheat) | 12 |
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| Tennant, D.J., 2008 | Small Cow-wheat Melampyrum sylvaticum L.: Scrophulariaceae in England |
Melampyrum pratense may also be covered by literature listed under:
|
BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
PLANTAE (plants) |
SPERMATOPHYTA (vascular plants) |
MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants) |
MAGNOLIIDAE (dicotyledonous flowering plants) |
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Associated with Melampyrum pratense:
 |
(live) | live is parasitised by | Podosphaera fusca - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) | 
|
Ing, B., 1990 |
|
(live) | live is parasitised by uredium | Coleosporium tussilaginis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Coleosporiaceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 | |
|
(live) | live is parasitised by telium | Coleosporium tussilaginis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Coleosporiaceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 | |
| (live) | live is parasitised by pycnium | Puccinia nemoralis - Cow-wheat Clustercup Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 | ||
| leaf (live) | live leaf is swollen by epiphyllous aecium | Puccinia nemoralis - Cow-wheat Clustercup Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [cause reddish-purple swollen areas. Plants prematurely blackened and with reduced number and and size of flowers.] | ||
| root | root is parasitised by | Melampyrum sylvaticum - Small Cow-wheat (Scrophulariaceae) | 
|
Tennant, D.J., 2008 |
Melampyrum pratense may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
|
MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants) |
MAGNOLIIDAE (dicotyledonous flowering plants) |
SCROPHULARIACEAE (figworts, foxgloves and speedwells) |
References
| Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 | Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook |
| Ing, B., 1990 | An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews |
| Tennant, D.J., 2008 | Small Cow-wheat Melampyrum sylvaticum L.: Scrophulariaceae in England |
