Leucanthemum vulgare de Lamarck 1779 (Family Asteraceae)
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 |
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Several Nymphalidae |
Ochlodes sylvanus |
Thymelicus sylvestris |
Aporia crataegi |
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Lycaena helle |
Oligia fasciuncula |
Panemeria tenebrata |
Atolmis rubricollis |
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Euclidia glyphica |
Cauchas rufimitrella |
Nemophora degeerella |
Crambus lathoniellus |
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Dichrorampha simpliciana |
Anthophila fabriciana |
Ematurga atomaria |
Gillmeria ochrodactyla |
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Adscita statices |
Glyphipteri simpliciella |
Glyphipterix thrasonella |
Several Calliphoridae |
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Several Empididae |
Many Syrphidae |
Several Tachinidae |
Phaonia incana |
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Spilogona denigrata |
Lucilia caesar
Conops quadrifasciatus |
Sicus ferrugineus |
Chrysops caecutiens |
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Rhagio vitripennis |
Saltella sphondylii |
Physiphora alceae |
Several Cerambycidae |
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Several Oedemeridae |
Hemicrepidius niger |
Limonius minutus |
Brassicogethes aeneus |
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Cychramus luteus |
Clytra laeviuscula |
Mordella holomelaena |
Trichodes apiarius |
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Podistra schoenherri |
Dasytes niger |
Oxythyrea funesta |
Cordylepherus viridis |
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Several Miridae |
Carpocoris purpureipennis |
Dolycoris baccarum |
Himacerus mirmicoides |
Parasites: |
Several Agromyzidae |
Tephritis neesii Larva (Flower Gall) |
Herbivores: |
Several Noctuidae |
Many Tortricidae |
Coleophora trochilella Larva |
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Sapivores: |
Several Aphididae |
Several Miridae |
Several Aphididae |
Philaenus spumarius |
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Eupteryx atropunctata |
Florivores: |
Several Tortricidae |
Eupithecia satyrata |
Protaetia cuprea |
Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis |
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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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