Plant 
Flower |
Leaf 
Fruit |
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Plant
Flower |
Leaf
Fruit |
Height: 15-45cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Rhizomatous, Lacks Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering April - July
(Earliest: 12.4)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flavonoids | Kaempferol, Pisatin, Quercetin | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Heath and Moorland |
Spruce Forest Edge | ||
| Flower Visitors: |
Andrena lathyri |
Bombus pascuorum |
Anthocharis cardamines |
Leptidea sinapis |
| Herbivores: |
Leptidea sinapis Larva |
Bruchus loti | ||
| Possible Herbivores: |
Several Tortricidae |
Sitona lineatus |
Sitona waterhousei | |
| Sapivores: |
Megoura viciae |
Aphis craccivora | ||
| Possible Sapivores: |
Globiceps flavomaculatus |
Lygus rugulipennis |
Macrosiphum euphorbiae | |
| Possible Florivores: |
Phytocoris varipes | |||
| Granivores: |
Bruchus atomarius Larva | |||
| Possible Granivores: |
Peritrechus gracilicornis |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Bitter Vetchling
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey
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