Plant |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
|
Plant |
Leaf |
|
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 5-50cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Annual, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering April - October
(Earliest: 2.5)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saponins | Hederagenin, Medicagenin, Soyasaponin | ||||
| Flavonoids | Larycitrin | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Meadows | |||
| Parasites: |
Erysiphe pisi |
Pseudopeziza medicaginis |
Agromyza nana |
Aproaerema anthyllidella Larva (Leaf Miner) |
| Possible Parasites: |
Liriomyza strigata |
Scaptomyza graminum Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Ischnopterapion virens Larva (Stem Borer) | |
| Herbivores: |
Polyommatus icarus Larva |
Leptidea sinapis Larva |
Several Tortricidae |
Euclidia glyphica Larva |
Euclidia mi Larva |
Sitona humeralis |
Sitona waterhousei |
Holotrichapion pisi | |
| Possible Herbivores: |
Celypha rivulana Larva |
Philopedon plagiatus |
Sitona suturalis | |
| Sapivores: |
Aphis craccivora | |||
| Possible Sapivores: |
Megoura viciae | |||
| Possible Florivores: |
Fabogethes nigrescens Larva |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Black Medick
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey
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