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