Common Cow-wheat - Melampyrum pratense
Description Soil regimes
Common cow-wheat is a small plant up to 30cm tall with a square stem and opposite narrow
leaves that reach 10cm long. The white-yellow flowers grow in pairs and distinctively both face
in the same direction.
Common cow-wheat can be seen from May to September in dry, very acidic soils in woodland
communities W11 and 17. The plant also be seen in heathland.
Soil reac-
tion (R) 2
Nitrogen
availability
(N)
3
Acknowledgements:
Plantlife: Andrew
Gagg