YELLOW RATTLE

HAY-RATTLE

Rhinanthus Minor

Broomrape Family [Orobanchaceae]  
Formerly in: Figwort & Foxglove Family [Scrophulariaceae]

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9th June 2008, Humphrey Gate, Taddington, White Peaks. Photo: © RWD
A limestone-area pasture-field full of Yellow Rattle.


9th June 2008, Humphrey Gate, Taddington, White Peaks. Photo: © RWD


9th June 2008, Humphrey Gate, Taddington, White Peaks. Photo: © RWD


31st May 2008, Middlesclough, Broughton In Furness, Cumbria. Photo: © RWD


31st May 2008, Middlesclough, Broughton In Furness, Cumbria. Photo: © RWD


9th June 2008, Humphrey Gate, Taddington, White Peaks. Photo: © RWD


31st May 2008, Middlesclough, Broughton In Furness, Cumbria. Photo: © RWD


31st May 2008, Middlesclough, Broughton In Furness, Cumbria. Photo: © RWD


31st May 2008, Middlesclough, Broughton In Furness, Cumbria. Photo: © RWD


31st May 2008, Middlesclough, Broughton In Furness, Cumbria. Photo: © RWD


23rd May 2008, Shell Island, North Wales. Photo: © RWD


21st June 2006, Goytside Farm, Newtown, New Mills, Derbyshire. Photo: © RWD


Some similarities to : There are three sub-species of Yellow Rattle, differentiating between them is best left to experts with more patience.

Slight resemblance to : A canary clambering out of an eggshell, with its' mouth agape.

Uniquely identifiable characteristics: Apart from much rarer Greater Yellow Rattle, which looks very similar, there are no other plants that have the same jizz as Yellow Rattle.

Distinguishing Feature : looks like a canary emerging from its' eggshell with mouth agape.

This is a hemi-parasitic plant, meaning that it relies on obtaining some of its' nutrients from the roots of nearby plants. The flowers themselves have a beaked appearance that resembles those of Red Bartsia which is another hemi-parasite but the flowers of Yellow Rattle are larger.

Yellow Rattle derives its' name from the seeds which rattle around in their pods when ripe.

There are seven sub-species of Yellow Rattle, those shown here could be any number of them.

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Rhinanthus

YELLOW RATTLE

HAY-RATTLE

Rhinanthus Minor

Broomrape Family [Orobanchaceae]  
Formerly in: Figwort & Foxglove Family [Scrophulariaceae]