Plant	Leaf
Flower	Fruit

Height: 20-60cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Stoloniferous
Hermaphrodite, Flowering April - June (Earliest: 29.3)

Protective Chemicals
Terpenoids	Saponins
Phenolics	Acteoside, Lamalboside, Tannins

Biotopes:	Hedge Rows	Spruce Forest Edge	Around Buildings
Flower Visitors:	Several Apidae	Tersilochus jocator	Microplitis spectabilis	Platycheirus clypeatus
	Rhingia campestris	Lamiogethes morosus
Seed Dispersal:	Formicidae
Parasites:	Ramularia lamiicola	Neoerysiphe galeopsidis	Ascochyta lamiorum	Several Agromyzidae
	Dasineura lamiicola
Possible Parasites:	Apteropeda orbiculata Larva (Leaf Miner)
Herbivores:	Several Geometridae	Many Noctuidae	Arctia caja	Several Tenthredinidae
	Cassida viridis	Chrysolina fastuosa
Possible Herbivores:	Callimorpha dominula	Phragmatobia fuliginosa Larva	Celypha lacunana	Cnephasia incertana
	Autographa gamma	Hoplodrina octogenaria Larva	Udea prunalis	Phyllobius oblongus Larva
Sapivores:	Lygocoris pabulinus	Tritomegas bicolor	Eupteryx atropunctata	Tingis pilosa
Possible Sapivores:	Several Cicadellidae	Carpocoris purpureipennis	Macrosiphum euphorbiae
Florivores:	Lamiogethes difficilis Larva	Lamiogethes morosus Larva
Granivores:	Tritomegas bicolor Nymph	Dolycoris baccarum
Possible Granivores:	Liocoris tripustulatus

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: White Dead-nettle

Pictures © 2002, 2003, 2005 J.K. Lindsey

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