Melampyrum sylvaticum

Forest Cow-wheat ( Melampyrum sylvaticum )

The forest Cow-wheat ( Melampyrum sylvaticum ) is a associated to the genus Wachtelweizen semi parasite.

Features

The forest Cow-wheat is similar to the meadows Cow-wheat and can be confused with this easy, especially the meadows Cow-wheat is very rich in form. The flowers of the forest quail wheat but are considerably shorter, only 6-9 millimeters, the meadows Cow-wheat, however, 12 to 20 millimeters. The bloom is stocky, short tubular - curved, while it is elongated in the meadows Cow-wheat. The throat of the flower is open, almost closed the meadows Cow-wheat. The color of the flowers is dark to reddish- yellow, whitish at the meadows Cow-wheat golden yellow.

The calyx teeth are triangular and about as long as the Blütenkronröhre while the lanceolate calyx teeth of the meadows Quail wheat reach the length of the Blütenkronröhre not nearly.

Dissemination

The forest Cow-wheat is mainly in Scandinavia and Northern and Eastern Europe spread, otherwise in the higher mountains of Europe. In Germany, he is widely restricted to the Alps and higher mountain range.

Occurrence

It is found in scattered spruce and spruce fir forests to semi- shady or even shady, fresh, base-rich, calcium-poor and acidic sites, where it is parasitic on spruce or blueberries. Dissemination by ants.