species
Melampyrum pratense
common cow-wheat
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Melampyrum pratense belongs to the family Orobanchaceae, also known as common cow-wheat, native to the UK. It grows in part shade, where the ground is acid and in well drained conditions.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Aspect
- Part shade
- Acidity
- Acid
- Moisture
- Well drained
- In the UK
- Native
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