Plant |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
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Plant |
Leaf |
|
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 30-60cm
Perennial, Stoloniferous, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - August
(Earliest: 1.5)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids |
Platyphilline, Senecionine | ||||
| Sesquiterpenoids | Bisabolol, Farnesene, Nerolidol | ||||
| Flavonoids | Apigenin, Chrysin, Hyperin,
Isorhamnetin, Luteolin, Quercetin, Rutin | ||||
| Other Phenolics | Caffeic & Chlorogenic Acids, Tannins | ||||
| Polyacetylenes | Methylbutyrate | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Meadows | |||
| Flower Visitors: |
Many Apidae |
Bracon minutator |
Tenthredo notha |
Monosapyga clavicornis |
Several Nymphalidae |
Ochlodes sylvanus |
Thymelicus sylvestris |
Aporia crataegi | |
Lycaena helle |
Oligia fasciuncula |
Panemeria tenebrata |
Atolmis rubricollis | |
Euclidia glyphica |
Cauchas rufimitrella |
Nemophora degeerella |
Crambus lathoniellus | |
Dichrorampha simpliciana |
Anthophila fabriciana |
Ematurga atomaria |
Gillmeria ochrodactyla | |
Adscita statices |
Glyphipteri simpliciella |
Glyphipterix thrasonella |
Several Calliphoridae | |
Several Empididae |
Many Syrphidae |
Several Tachinidae |
Phaonia incana | |
Spilogona denigrata |
Conops quadrifasciatus |
Sicus ferrugineus |
Chrysops caecutiens | |
Rhagio vitripennis |
Saltella sphondylii |
Physiphora alceae |
Several Cerambycidae | |
Several Oedemeridae |
Hemicrepidius niger |
Limonius minutus |
Brassicogethes aeneus | |
Cychramus luteus |
Clytra laeviuscula |
Mordella holomelaena |
Trichodes apiarius | |
Podistra schoenherri |
Dasytes niger |
Oxythyrea funesta |
Cordylepherus viridis | |
Several Miridae |
Carpocoris purpureipennis |
Dolycoris baccarum |
Himacerus mirmicoides | |
| Parasites: |
Several Agromyzidae |
Tephritis neesii Larva (Flower Gall) | ||
| Herbivores: |
Several Noctuidae |
Many Tortricidae |
Coleophora trochilella Larva | |
| Sapivores: |
Several Aphididae |
Several Miridae |
Several Aphididae |
Philaenus spumarius |
Eupteryx atropunctata | ||||
| Florivores: |
Several Tortricidae |
Eupithecia satyrata |
Protaetia cuprea |
Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis |
Larinus planus |
Haplothrips leucanthemi |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Ox-eye Daisy
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010 J.K. Lindsey
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