English: Small cow-wheat.
Genus: ± 20 species.
Botany: herb; hemiparasites
Region: temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
Taxonomy: member of the subfamily Rhinantheae, together with Rhynchocorys, Lathraea, Rhinanthus and the core Rhinantheae with Bartsia, Euphrasia, Tozzia, Hedbergia, Bellardia, and Odontites.