Epilobium tetragonum Linnaeus 1753 (Family Onagraceae)
Height: 20-80cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering July - August
(Earliest: 4.6)
Biotopes: |
Stream Banks |
Meadows |
Pollination: |
Autopollination |
Seed Dispersal: |
Wind |
Parasites: |
Passalora montana |
Pucciniastrum epilobii |
Mompha divisella Larva |
Possible Parasites: |
Liriomyza strigata |
Herbivores: |
Altica lythri |
Altica palustris |
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
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