Cirsium palustre (Linnaeus 1753) Scopoli 1772 (Family Asteraceae)


Plant

Leaf

Flower

Fruit

Height: 60-200cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Biennial, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - October (Earliest: 13.5)

Protective Chemicals
Flavonoids Apigenin, Isokaemferide, Luteolin, Tricin

Biotopes:
Wet Meadows
Flower Visitors:
Many Apidae

Several Hesperiidae

Several Lycaenidae

Many Nymphalidae

Several Pieridae

Adscita statices

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Anania perlucidalis

Zygaena trifolii

Many Syrphidae

Phaonia angelicae

Sicus ferrugineus

Empis livida

Empis tessellata

Several Cerambycidae

Epuraea aestiva

Rhagonycha fulva

Trichius fasciatus
Seed Dispersal: Wind
Parasites:
Ramularia cirsii

Golovinomyces cichoracearum

Puccinia cnici-oleracei

Aethes cnicana Larva (Seeds & Stem Borer)

Epiblema cirsiana Larva (Root & Stem Borer)

Scrobipalpa acuminatella Larva (Leaf Miner)

Gortyna flavago Larva (Stem Borer)

Several Agromyzidae

Several Syrphidae Larvae (Root & Stem Borer)

Several Tephritidae Larvae (Flower & Stem Galls)

Agapanthia villosoviridescens Larva (Stem Borer)

Lixus pulverulentus Larva (Stem Borer)

Ceratapion carduorum Larva (Stem Borer)
Possible Parasites:
Protearomyia nigra Larva (Stem Borer)

Oedemera nobilis Larva (Stem Borer)
Herbivores:
Vanessa cardui

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Cassida rubiginosa

Lixus pulverulentus
Possible Herbivores:
Anania perlucidalis Larva

Udea lutealis Larva

Agapeta hamana Larva

Celypha lacunana

Several Chrysomelidae
Sapivores:
Several Aphididae

Several Miridae

Tingis cardui

Picromerus bidens

Aphrophora alni Nymph
Possible Sapivores:
Several Cicadellidae

Apolygus lucorum

Lygus pratensis

Palomena prasina

Enoplops scapha

Centrotus cornutus Nymph
Florivores:
Several Curculionidae Larvae

Protaetia cuprea
Possible Florivores:
Eupithecia centaureata

Cnephasia pasiuana
Granivores:
Rhopalus maculatus
Possible Granivores:
Eurygaster maura

Liorhyssus hyalinus

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Marsh Thistle


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