Common knotgrass
A common weed of trampled ground; its tiny flowers give little nectar and pollen, and bees visit it mainly during dearth.
- Nectar
- Low
- Pollen
- Low
- Flowering
- JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
- Height
- 0,1-0,5 m
- Life cycle
- Annual
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Common knotgrass is an annual that sprawls flat along roadsides, in yards, at field edges and on all kinds of trampled ground. Its 2-3 mm white-pink flowers, a few together in the leaf axils, secrete very little nectar. Honey bees show limited interest; it is visited mainly by flies and small wild bees.
Flowering
It flowers without a break from mid-May to October, even in summer drought. This long season means a small but real contribution to the hive during the late-summer dearth.
Honey and pollen
Its contribution to honey production is insignificant. Pollen loads are seen so rarely that there is no reliable colour record.
Note for the beekeeper
It is not a species to sow as bee pasture. Buckwheat and madımak (Polygonum cognatum) from the eastern Black Sea region, both in the same family, are far more valuable to bees.