The seed of the plant has an elaiosome, which is attractive to wood ants (Formica spp.). The ants disperse the seeds of the plant when they take them back to their nests to feed their young.[1] The plant is an ancient woodland indicator, as the ants rarely carry the seeds more than a few yards, seldom crossing a field to go to a new woodland.
Melampyrum pratense herb has been used in traditional Austrian medicine internally as tea or externally as pillow filling for treatment of rheumatism and blood vessels calcification.[citation needed]
Melampyrum pratense can be parasitized by the oomycete species Peronospora tranzschelinana.[4]
melampyrum, pratense, common, wheat, plant, species, family, orobanchaceae, scientific, classificationkingdom, plantaeclade, tracheophytesclade, angiospermsclade, eudicotsclade, asteridsorder, lamialesfamily, orobanchaceaegenus, melampyrumspecies, pratensebino. Melampyrum pratense the common cow wheat is a plant species in the family Orobanchaceae Melampyrum pratenseScientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade EudicotsClade AsteridsOrder LamialesFamily OrobanchaceaeGenus MelampyrumSpecies M pratenseBinomial nameMelampyrum pratenseL The seed of the plant has an elaiosome which is attractive to wood ants Formica spp The ants disperse the seeds of the plant when they take them back to their nests to feed their young 1 The plant is an ancient woodland indicator as the ants rarely carry the seeds more than a few yards seldom crossing a field to go to a new woodland The Latin specific epithet pratense means of meadows 2 Melampyrum pratense is a food plant of the caterpillars of the heath fritillary Melitaea athalia a butterfly 3 Melampyrum pratense herb has been used in traditional Austrian medicine internally as tea or externally as pillow filling for treatment of rheumatism and blood vessels calcification citation needed Melampyrum pratense can be parasitized by the oomycete species Peronospora tranzschelinana 4 See also editMyrmecochoryReferences edit Puplett D Symbiosis Trees for Life Accessed 22 June 2013 Harrison Lorraine 2012 RHS Latin for Gardeners United Kingdom Mitchell Beazley ISBN 978 1845337315 Heath Fritillary Melitaea athalia UK Butterflies Accessed 22 June 2013 Constantinescu O 1991 An annotated list of Peronospora names Thunbergia 15 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Melampyrum pratense This Orobanchaceae article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Melampyrum pratense amp oldid 1031121853, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
