Yellow Rattle

Yellow rattle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Scrophulariales Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Rhinanthus Species: minor
Binomial name
Rhinanthus minor

Yellow rattle, (Rhinanthus minor ), from the family of Figwort , (Scrophulariaceae), is so called in English because the yellow seeds of the flower rattle in their pods. Its preferred habitat is dry fields or meadows, where it can grow up to 24 inches tall in its flowering period between June and September.