Plant |
Leaves |
Flower |
Fruit |
|
Plant |
Leaves |
|
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 5-40cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - September
(Earliest: 12.5)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iridoids | Asperuloside | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Heath and Moorland |
Wet Meadows | ||
| Flower Visitors: |
Several Nymphalidae |
Pyrgus malvae |
Lycaena hippothoe |
Parasyrphus annulatus |
Parasyrphus lineolus |
Rhamphomyia aethiops | |||
| Parasites: |
Mazzantia galii | |||
| Herbivores: |
Several Geometridae Larvae |
Deilephila porcellus Larva |
Xestia sexstrigata Larva | |
| Possible Herbivores: |
Several Noctuidae |
Idaea aversata Larva |
Xanthorhoe quadrifasiata Larva |
Celypha rivulana Larva |
Cnephasia incertana |
Phyllobius glaucus |
Phyllobius vespertinus | ||
| Sapivores: |
Polymerus unifasciatus | |||
| Possible Sapivores: |
Horistus orientalis |
Orthocephalus coriaceus |
Carpocoris purpureipennis |
Palomena prasina |
Aphrophora alni Nymph | ||||
| Possible Florivores: |
Phytocoris varipes | |||
| Possible Granivores: |
Dolycoris baccarum |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Heath Bedstraw
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