Orobanchaceae
Narrowleaf cowwheat
Melampyrum lineare
- Family
- Orobanchaceae
- Genus
- Melampyrum
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Narrowleaf cowwheat
- French
- Mélampyre linéaire
Synonyms
- Melampyrum americanum Michx.
- Melampyrum brachiatum Schwein.
- Melampyrum lanceolatum Raf.
- Melampyrum latifolium Muhl. ex Britton
- Melampyrum lineare f. brachiatum Beauverd
- Melampyrum lineare f. platyphyllum Beauverd
- Melampyrum lineare f. stenophyllum Beauverd
- Melampyrum lineare subsp. pectinatum Pennell
- Melampyrum lineare subsp. typicum Pennell
- Melampyrum lineare subvar. brachycladum Beauverd
- Melampyrum lineare var. americanum (Michx.) Beauverd
- Melampyrum lineare var. latifolium W.P.C.Barton
- Melampyrum lineare var. lineare
- Melampyrum lineare var. pectinatum (Pennell) Fernald
- Melampyrum pratense var. americanum (Michx.) Benth.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michael J. Papay, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michael J. Papay, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jomegat, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mary E. Macaulay, P.Eng., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jomegat, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Canada, Bugwood.org, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bonnie Semmling, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.