Plant |
Leaves |
Flower |
Fruit |
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Plant |
Leaves |
|
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 5-60cm
Rarely Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Annual, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering February - October
(Earliest: 25.3)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinolizidine Alkaloids | Sparteine | ||||
| Other Alkaloids | Bursine | ||||
| Glucosinolates | Hydroxybenzyl, Propenyl | ||||
| Terpenoids | Saponins | ||||
| Flavonoids | Glucopyranoside, Kaempferol, Quercetin, Tricin | ||||
| Other Phenolics | Tartaric Acid, Tannins | ||||
| Other Acids | Bursinic, Citric, Fumaric, Malic | ||||
| Other | Acetylcholine | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Meadows |
Gardens | ||
| Microhabitat: |
Bare Ground | |||
| Parasites: |
Erysiphe cruciferarum |
Several Agromyzidae |
Ceutorhynchus assimilis (Larval Root Gall) | |
| Herbivores: |
Pieris brassicae |
Pieris rapae |
Xanthorhoe fluctuata Larva |
Cnephasia incertana |
Plutella xylostella Larva |
Athalia circularis Larva |
Several Chrysomelidae | ||
| Sapivores: |
Many Aphididae |
Eurydema dominulus |
Eurydema oleracea |
Aphrodes bicinctus |
Brachycarenus tigrinus Nymph |
Laodelphax striatellus | |||
| Granivores: |
Anthocharis cardamines Larva |
Scolopostethus affinis |
Scolopostethus thomsoni |
Several Carabidae |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Shepherd's Purse
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey
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