Plant |
Leaves |
Flower |
Fruit |
|
Plant |
Leaves |
|
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 20-60cm
Occasionally Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Annual/Biennial, Lacks Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - September
(Earliest: 28.4)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flavonoids | Hyperoside, Isoquercitrin, Kaempferol, Quercitrin, Rutin | ||||
| Tannins | Geraniin | ||||
| Other Phenolics | Caffeic, Caftaric, Ellagic, & Gallic Acids | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Spruce Forest Edge |
Hedge Rows | ||
| Flower Visitors: |
Several Pieridae |
Rhingia campestris | ||
| Seed Dispersal: | Projection | |||
| Parasites: |
Coleroa robertiani |
Podosphaera fugax |
Septoria geranii | |
| Possible Parasites: |
Liriomyza strigata | |||
| Possible Herbivores: |
Callimorpha dominula |
Cnephasia asseclana |
Cnephasia incertana |
Several Tenthredinidae |
| Sapivores: |
Dicyphus errans | |||
| Possible Sapivores: |
Aphis fabae |
Macrosiphum euphorbiae | ||
| Granivores: |
Zacladus geranii | |||
| Possible Granivores: |
Rhopalus parumpunctatus |
Liorhyssus hyalinus |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Herb Robert
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey
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