Crepis paludosa (Linnaeus 1753) Moench 1794 (Family Asteraceae)


Plant

Flower

Leaf

Fruit

Height: 30-90cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Rhizomatous, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - July (Earliest: 25.5)

Protective Chemicals
Phenolics Caffeic Acid, Luteolin

Biotopes:
Wet Meadows

Peat Bogs and Mires
Seed Dispersal: Wind
Parasites:
Golovinomyces cichoracearum

Puccinia major

Podosphaera fusca

Liriomyza strigata

Phytomyza marginella
Possible Parasites:
Cheilosia latifrons Larva
(Root & Stem Borer)
Possible Herbivores:
Several Tortricidae
Sapivores:
Uroleucon cichorii

Eupteryx vittata
Possible Florivores:
Eupithecia subumbrata Larva

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Marsh Hawksbeard


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