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Rhinanthus minor

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Yellow rattle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Scrophulariales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Rhinanthus
Species: minor
Binomial name

Rhinanthus minor

Yellow rattle (Rhinanthus minor) is a flowering plant of the Genus Rhinanthus in the family Scrophulariaceae. This is a semi-parasitic plant that gains some of its nutrients from the roots of neighbouring plants. The name refers to the seedpods, in contain loose, rattling seeds when ripe.

A close-up of the flowers of yellow rattle


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