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Photographer: Arthur Meeks
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Family Scrophulariaceae
Melampyrum lineare Desr.
narrow-leaved cow-wheat
Melampyrum: from melas for "black" and pyros for "wheat"
lineare: linear
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, annual, 3"-16" tall forb, usually branched; partially parasitic |
| Flower: | cream, 5-parted, 1/4"-1/2" long, tubular-cup shape, 4 stamens, upper lip hooded, lower lip 3-lobed and yellow; tube longer than the lips, straight, slightly wider at the end; flowers from the upper leaf axils; blooms July-Aug. |
| Fruit: | flattened, usually 4-seeded capsule |
| Leaf: | opposite, mostly entire, linear |
| Habitat: | moist; forests, bogs; in peaty, rocky, sandy soil |
| (Glossary) |
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