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