Bistorta officinalis [Persicaria, Polygonum bistorta] Delarbre 1800 (Family Polygonaceae)
Height: 20-100cm
Occasionally Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Rhizomatous
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - September
(Earliest: 30.4)
Protective Chemicals |
Terpenoids |
Friedelin |
Phenolics |
Gallic Acid, Tannins |
Acids |
Oxalic |
Sterols |
Sitosterol |
Biotopes: |
Wet Meadows |
Wet Forest |
Flower Visitors: |
Several Apidae |
Several Tenthredinidae |
Odynerus spinipes |
Most Lycaenidae |
|
Several Nymphalidae |
Ochlodes sylvanus |
Pyrgus malvae |
Aporia crataegi |
|
Pieris napi |
Several Erebidae |
Several Geometridae |
Autographa gamma |
|
Oligia fasciuncula |
Adela croesella |
Synanthedon spheciformis |
Adscita statices |
|
Anthophila fabriciana |
Crambus lathoniellus |
Several Empidae |
Several Syrphidae |
|
Phaonia angelicae |
Phaonia nymphaearum |
Ochlerotatus punctor |
Cynomya mortuorum |
|
Empis livida |
Cylindromyia brassicaria |
Sarcophaga carnaria |
Several Cerambycidae |
|
Several Chrysomelidae |
Several Oedemeridae |
Trichius fasciatus |
Malachius bipustulatus |
|
Coreus marginatus |
Panorpa communis |
Parasites: |
Erysiphe polygoni |
Ramularia bistortae |
Septoria polygonorum |
Puccinia bistortae |
|
Chromatomyia horticola Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Otiorhynchus coecus Larva |
Herbivores: |
Lycaena helle Larva |
Boloria aquilonaris |
Boloria eunomia |
Charanyca ferruginea Larva |
|
Ametastegia glabrata Larva |
Ametastegia tenera |
Hypera rumicis |
Cepaea |
Possible Herbivores: |
Idaea muricata Larva |
Xanthorhoe spadicearia Larva |
Diacrisia sannio Larva |
Parasemia plantaginis |
|
Clepsis consimilana Larva |
Deilephila elpenor |
Sapivores: |
Lygus wagneri |
Aphis fabae |
Possible Sapivores: |
Aulacorthum solani |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Bistort
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