Epilobium palustre Linnaeus 1753 (Family Onagraceae)


Plant

Leaf

Flower

Fruit

Height: 15-60cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Stoloniferous, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering July - September (Earliest: 13.6)

Biotopes:
Wet Meadows
Flower Visitors:
Boloria selene

Empis prodromus
Seed Dispersal: Wind
Parasites:
Passalora montana

Venturia maculiformis

Podosphaera epilobii

Pucciniastrum epilobii

Several Momphidae Larvae
Possible Parasites:
Liriomyza strigata
Herbivores:
Clepsis spectrana

Aglaostigma langei Larva

Several Chrysomelidae
Possible Herbivores:
Several Tortricidae

Lacanobia oleracea

Mesotype didymata

Spilosoma lutea Larva

Several Tenthredinidae

Psylliodes picina
Sapivores:
Several Aphididae
Possible Sapivores:
Aphis frangulae beccabungae
Granivores:
Mompha subbistrigella Larva
Possible Granivores:
Rhopalus maculatus

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Marsh Willowherb


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