Epilobium montanum Linnaeus 1753 (Family Onagraceae)
Height: 20-80cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - September
(Earliest: 25.5)
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Biotopes: |
Hedge Rows |
Spruce Forest Edge |
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Microhabitat: |
Bare Ground |
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Pollination: |
Autopollination |
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Flower Visitors: |
Bombus hortorum |
Pieris napi |
Siphona geniculata |
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Seed Dispersal: |
Wind |
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Parasites: |
Passalora montana |
Venturia maculiformis |
Podosphaera epilobii |
Pucciniastrum epilobii |
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Several Momphidae |
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Possible Parasites: |
Liriomyza strigata |
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Herbivores: |
Celypha lacunana |
Ecliptopera silaceata Larva |
Altica lythri |
Altica palustris |
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Auleutes epilobii |
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Possible Herbivores: |
Several Tortricidae |
Lacanobia oleracea |
Mesotype didymata |
Spilosoma lutea Larva |
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Several Tenthredinidae |
Psylliodes picina |
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Sapivores: |
Aphis epilobiaria |
Aphis epilobii |
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Possible Sapivores: |
Aphis frangulae beccabungae |
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Granivores: |
Mompha subbistrigella Larva |
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Possible Granivores: |
Rhopalus maculatus |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Broad-leaved Willowherb
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