Cerastium fontanum Baumgarten 1816 (Family Caryophyllaceae)


Plant

Leaves

Flower

Fruit

Height: 5-30cm
Rarely Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Annual, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering April - November (Earliest: 4.4)

Biotopes:
Meadows
Flower Visitors:
Panemeria tenebrata

Empis nigripes
Parasites:
Scaptomyza graminum Larva (Leaf Miner)
Possible Parasites:
Delia florilega Larva (Leaf Miner)
Herbivores:
Cnephasia incertana

Cassida flaveola
Possible Herbivores:
Cnephasia asseclana

Cnephasia stephensiana

Scythris knochella Larva

Cassida flaveola

Galeruca tanaceti
Possible Florivores:
Eupithecia pygmaeata
Granivores:
Panemeria tenebrata Larva

Coleophora striatipennella Larva

Rhopalus parumpunctatus
Possible Granivores:
Amara familiaris

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Common Mouse-ear


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