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Yellow Rattle


Yellow Rattle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Scrophulariales
Family:Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Rhinanthus
Species:R. 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, which contain loose, rattling seeds when ripe.



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