Scientific Name
Melampyrum pratense
Common Name
Cow wheat
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
Annual
Height:
1 foot
Flower/fruit:
Single, long-tubed pale yellow flowers in the axils of the upper leaves in pairs, all turning one way; green leafy bracts
Flowering Season:
Early summer to early fall
Foliage:
Stalkless narrow, tapering, smooth leaves in distant pairs, each pair at right angles to those next to it
Site:
Woods, bogs, rocky slopes; dry sandy sites
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