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Common cow wheat / clinogai / biwlith melyn / Melampyrum pratense
Flowers May - September
| This fairly common woodland plant is semi-parasitic, in that it attaches itself to the roots of other plants and gains part of its nourishment by stealing some of theirs. The flowers vary quite a lot in colour, from white to deep yellow. It generally grows no taller than about 9 inches. I came across this specimen in a wood in Leicestershire. |
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