Rhinanthus ovifugus, Chab.

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19. R. ovifugus Chab. , Bull. Herb. Boiss. 7: 501 (1899)

( Alectorolophus ovifugus (Chab.) Stemeck ).

Stem up to 50 cm, simple or branched, with black streaks, hairy on 2 opposite sides. Leaves linear-lanceolate to ovate, subobtuse, with acute but not subulate teeth. Bracts slightly exceeding calyx, glabrous; teeth abruptly diminishing in length towards apex, the basal up to 8 mm, aristate, the upper remote, patent. Calyx glabrous. Corolla c. 20 mm; tube slightly curved. • S. Alps, Appennini, mountains of W. Jugoslavia. Ga He It Ju.

Ecotypic variants:

Autumnal: Alectorolophus divaricatus Sterneck , Abh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 1(2): 64 (1901).

Aestival: type of the species.

Vernal: Alectorolophus laricetorum Wilczek & Stemeck , Ann. Bot. (Roma) 12: 9 (1913).

Montane: Alectorolophus beyeri Behrendsen , Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. 45: 47 (1903).

Alpine: R. pulcher var. apenninus Chab. , Bull. Herb. Boiss. 7: 507 (1899).