Orobanchaceae
Common cow-wheat
Melampyrum pratense
- Family
- Orobanchaceae
- Genus
- Melampyrum
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Common names
By language (24)
- Belarusian
- Братаўка лугавая
- Czech
- Černýš luční
- Danish
- Almindelig Kohvede, Kohvede
- Dutch
- Hengel
- English
- Common cow-wheat
- Esperanto
- Herbeja melampiro
- Estonian
- Palu-härghein
- Finnish
- Kangasmaitikka
- French
- Mélampyre des prés, Cochelet, Melampyre des pres, Millet des bois, Sarriette jaune
- German
- Wiesen-Wachtelweizen, Heidewachtelweizen, Wiesenwachtelweizen
- hsb
- Lěsny sparik, Čornowc
- Icelandic
- Engjakambjurt
- Lithuanian
- Pievinis kūpolis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Stormarimjelle
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Stormarimjelle
- os
- Фæзы фæлахсгæрдæг
- Polish
- Pszeniec zwyczajny
- Russian
- Марьянник луговой
- se
- Gieddesáhpal
- Slovak
- Čermeľ lúčny
- Slovenian
- Navadni črnilec
- Swedish
- Ängskovall
- Ukrainian
- Перестріч лучний
- Welsh
- Gliniogai
Synonyms
- Marinellia vulgaris Bubani
- Melampyrum alpestre Brugger
- Melampyrum laciniatum Koshevn. & Zing.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 1,804 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Zeke Marshall, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jane Concannon, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 09:39, 3 October 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Miika Silfverberg, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bruno Gonzalez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lamiot, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pierre Michel Lamonzie, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: ceridwen, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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). About our plant data.