Plant |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
|
Plant |
Leaf |
|
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 15-40cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Lacks Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - October
(Earliest: 8.6)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sesquiterpenoids | Hypocretenolide | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Meadows | |||
| Flower Visitors: |
Anthaxia quadripunctata | |||
| Parasites: |
Golovinomyces cichoracearum |
Several Agromyzidae |
Ensina sonchi Larva (Flower Gall) |
Cheilosia latifrons Larva (Root & Stem Borer) |
| Possible Herbivores: |
Cnephasia asseclana |
Cnephasia incertana | ||
| Sapivores: |
Uroleucon cichorii |
Uroleucon hypochoeridis |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
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