Rhinanthus angustifolius has native distribution in: ;Europe •
Northern Europe:
Denmark;
Finland;
Norway;
Sweden;
Estonia;
Latvia;
Lithuania;
United Kingdom, and the northwestern Russian Federation's European
Northwestern Federal District oblasts and republics, including
Karelia and
Saint Petersburg-
Leningrad Oblast. •
Middle Europe:
Austria;
Belgium;
Czech Republic;
Germany;
Hungary;
Netherlands;
Poland;
Slovakia;
Switzerland. •
Southwestern Europe:
France and northwestern
Spain. •
East Europe: Belarus; Moldova;
Ukraine; and the western Russian Federation's European
Central Federal District and
Volga Federal District oblasts and republics; including
Kirov,
Moscow-
Moscow Oblast,
Smolensk, and
Tula •
Southeastern Europe: Bulgaria; Romania;
Slovenia,
North Macedonia,
Croatia, and the other Balkans countries. This annual root-parasite was formerly a widespread weed of arable land in east
Britain. However, most of the remaining sites are on the North Downs, in grassland and open scrub on chalk. In Lincolnshire, it occurs on peat in an area of cleared
Pteridium and on railway ballast. In Angus, a tiny colony survives in sandy coastal grassland. ;Asia •
Western Asia:
Turkey •
Caucasus: •
Transcaucasus: in
Armenia;
Azerbaijan, and Georgia. •
Ciscaucasia: in the Russian Federation's Eurasian
North Caucasian Federal District oblasts and republics; including
Chechnya, the
Sochi region in
Krasnodar Krai, and
North Ossetia. •
Pontic–Caspian steppe: western
Kazakhstan; the Russian Federation's central-western Asian
Southern Federal District oblasts and republics; including
Kalmykia Republic and
Volgograd. •
West Siberian Plain: the Russian Federation's northwestern Asia region of the western
Siberian Federal District; including the Oblasts of
Chelyabinsk,
Novosibirsk, and
Omsk. ==Synonyms==