Plant |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
|
Plant |
Leaf |
|
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 10-40cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Stoloniferous, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - June
(Earliest: 22.4)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diterpenoids | Ajugareptansin, Clerodane | ||||
| Triterpenoids | Saponins | ||||
| Flavonoids | Cyanidin, Delphinidin | ||||
| Other Phenolics | Tannins | ||||
| Steroids | Ajugalactone, Norsengosterone | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Wet Meadows |
Wet Forest Edge | ||
| Flower Visitors: |
Several Apidae |
Ochlodes sylvanus |
Pyrgus malvae |
Lycaena hippothoe |
Cyaniris semiargus |
Boloria selene |
Melitaea cinxia |
Anthocharis cardamines | |
Pieris rapae |
Euclidia glyphica |
Euclidia mi |
Autographa gamma | |
Rhingia campestris | ||||
| Seed Dispersal: |
Formicidae | |||
| Parasites: |
Neoerysiphe galeopsidis |
Golovinomyces biocellatus |
Several Agromyzidae |
Apteropeda orbiculata Larva (Leaf Miner) |
| Herbivores: |
Cnephasia asseclana |
Cnephasia stephensiana |
Several Tenthredinidae Larvae | |
| Sapivores: |
Eupteryx vittata |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Bugle
Pictures © 2003, 2005 J.K. Lindsey
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