Cow Wheat Melampyrum lineare
Other plants called Cow Wheat:
- Phonetic Spelling
- mel-am-PY-rum lin-AIR-ee
- Description
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Cow-wheat (Melampyrum lineare) is a wildflower that produces small, tubular, white and yellow flowers. It grows on well-drained sites, often under pine trees and prefers dry to moist woods, bogs, and rocky barrens. It is found from Canada to Georgia
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Melampyrum
- Species:
- lineare
- Family:
- Orobanchaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Annual
- Recommended Propagation Strategy:
- Seed
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- Canada to North & Eastern U.S.A
- Distribution:
- Dry to moist woods, bogs, and rocky barrens in CT, DC , DE , GA , ID , IL , IN , KY , MA , MD , ME , MI , MN , MT , NC , NH , NJ , NY , OH , PA , RI , SC , TN , VA , VT , WA , WI , WV Canada: NB , NS , PE
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Annual
- Native Plant
- Wildflower
- Habit/Form:
- Erect
- Maintenance:
- Low
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Cream/Tan
- White
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Summer
- Flower Shape:
- Tubular
- Flower Size:
- < 1 inch
- Flower Description:
- Creamy white two-lipped flowers on short stalks in the axils of upper leaves; upper lip is white, arched, two lobed; lower lip is three-lobed
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Leaves:
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Opposite
- Leaf Shape:
- Lanceolate
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Description:
- Opposite, linear to lanceolate-ovate; often has two to four bristled teeth at the base
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Rock Wall
- Woodland
- Landscape Theme:
- Native Garden
- Rock Garden
