Rhinanthus major var. major is a species in the Rhinanthus genus. This name is accepted name for the species in the family Orobanchaceae subfamily Orobanchanae, tribe Rhinantheae, . This species is found in Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, Chita, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Mongolia, Netherlands, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Poland, Romania, South European Russi, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey-in-Europe, Tuva, Ukraine, West Siberia, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia.