Rhinanthus major is accepted species in  the family Orobanchaceae  subfamily: Orobanchanae, tribe: Rhinantheae,  
Genus Rhinanthus 
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, Iran, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Mongolia, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Poland, Romania, South European Russi, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Tuva, Ukraine, West Siberia, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia.