Creeping bent
Latin name: Agrostis stolonifera
Family: Poaceae
Other common names; grey text
Flowering time: June to August
Height: to 40cm
Growing conditions: damp areas
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Description
As the name suggests, creeping bent runs along the ground before it bends and grows upright. It is thought that it hybridises with common bent and the resultant plant has developed a tolerance to heavy metal pollutants.
How to identify: Creeping bent has 'ligules' (membranous leaf sheaths) for leaves and tightly clustered, purplish spikelets (containing the flowers). The flower spike is less branched than in other forms of bent.
How to propagate: grey text
Family: Poaceae
Other common names; grey text
Flowering time: June to August
Height: to 40cm
Growing conditions: damp areas
Nectar source for: grey text
Food source for: grey text
Description
As the name suggests, creeping bent runs along the ground before it bends and grows upright. It is thought that it hybridises with common bent and the resultant plant has developed a tolerance to heavy metal pollutants.
How to identify: Creeping bent has 'ligules' (membranous leaf sheaths) for leaves and tightly clustered, purplish spikelets (containing the flowers). The flower spike is less branched than in other forms of bent.
How to propagate: grey text