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Orobanchaceae
Common cow-wheat
Melampyrum pratense
Also known as Field cow-wheat, Cow wheat, Melampyrum pratense, Melampyrum pratense f. albido-sulfureum
Native Plants · Annual · Semi-Parasitic · Wildflower · Woodland · Yellow-Flowers · Rare · Native · Specialized
This semi-parasitic annual wildflower needs a host plant to thrive and prefers moist, partially shaded woodland conditions. Best grown in naturalized settings where it can establish relationships with nearby grasses or other plants. Collect seeds promptly as they disperse quickly when ripe.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist throughout growing season · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.5–5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 80°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-8b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 2 ft
- Spread
- 12 in
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Netherlands
- Attracts
- Bees
Sources: trefle
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