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what colour are the flowers of the common cow-wheat?

Sagot :

yellow flowers
The leaves of Common cow-wheat are narrow and pointed. It has yellow flowers that grow in pairs up the square stem, both facing the same direction; the first pair to emerge are those at the top of the stem.
edwinlm8888

Answer: yellow flowers

Explanation:

The flowers of Common Cow-wheat are usually pale-yellow and not rich yellow as most (all?) of the above photos show. This is because Common Cow-wheat occurs as either of two sub-species:

Common Cow-wheat (Melampyrum pratense ssp. pratense) which are rich-yellow and grow on acidic soils in the North (but also some in the South). The leaves below the bracts are 7 to 15 times longer than wide [length 2-8cm (max 1 to 11 cm) long and 2-10mm (max 1-20mm) wide]. It is by far the most common of the two. The above photos are of this sub-species, unless otherwise labelled.

Common Cow-wheat (Melampyrum pratense ssp. commutatum) which are pale-yellow and grow on alkaline calcareous soils mainly in the South. The leaves below the bracts are mostly only 3-8 times longer than wide [length 4-7cm (max 3-10 cm) long and 8-20mm wide ) outliers 4-27mm wide]. This sub-species is a rare

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