Plant |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
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Plant |
Leaf |
|
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 20-80cm
Never Mycorrhizal
Biennial, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering April - May
(Earliest: 9.4)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alkaloids | Sinapine | ||||
| Glucosinolates | Allylisothiocyanate, Benzylisothiocyanate,
Glucotropaeolin, Sinigrin | ||||
| Flavonoids | Apigenin, Isovitexin, Saponarin | ||||
| Phenolics | Alliarinoside | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Hedge Rows |
Spruce Forest Edge | ||
| Flower Visitors: |
Many Apidae |
Tryphon bidentatus |
Anthocharis cardamines |
Pieris napi |
Lycaena phlaeas |
Panemeria tenebrata |
Anthophila fabriciana |
Cauchas rufimitrella | |
Several Empididae |
Many Syrphidae |
Cordilura pubera |
Scathophaga stercoraria | |
Bibio marci |
Bibio varipes |
Cynomya mortuorum |
Melinda gentilis | |
Hydrophoria lancifer |
Fannia serena |
Brassicogethes coracinus |
Ectinus aterrimus | |
| Parasites: |
Leptosphaeria maculans |
Erysiphe cruciferarum |
Several Agromyzidae |
Phyllotreta nemorum |
Ceutorhynchus assimilis (Larval Root Gall) |
Ceutorhynchus rapae (Larval Stem Borer) | |||
| Herbivores: |
Several Pieridae |
Several Tortricidae |
Xanthorhoe fluctuata Larva |
Plutella xylostella Larva |
Evergestis limbata Larva |
Several Tenthredinidae Larvae |
Many Chrysomelidae |
Ceutorhynchus rapae | |
| Sapivores: |
Eurydema dominulus |
Eurydema oleracea |
Brevicoryne brassicae |
Macrosiphum euphorbiae |
| Granivores: |
Anthocharis cardamines Larva |
Cauchas rufimitrella Larva |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Garlic Mustard
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey
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