Plant	Leaf
Flower	Fruit

Height: 20-100cm
Rarely Mycorrhizal
Annual, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - October (Earliest: 4.6)

Protective Chemicals
Flavonoids	Hyperoside, Isoquercitrin, Quercetin

Biotopes:	Meadows	Gardens
Microhabitat:	Bare Ground
Flower Visitors:	Episyrphus balteatus
Parasites:	Erysiphe polygoni	Septoria polygonorum	Pegomya bicolor Larva
Possible Parasites:	Pegomya vanduzeei Larva
Herbivores:	Several Noctuidae	Scopula floslactata Larva	Chaetocnema concinna	Gastrophysa viridula
	Several Tenthredinidae Larvae
Possible Herbivores:	Idaea muricata Larva	Xanthorhoe spadicearia Larva	Diacrisia sannio Larva	Parasemia plantaginis
	Clepsis consimilana Larva	Deilephila elpenor
Sapivores:	Coreus marginatus	Aphis fabae
Possible Sapivores:	Lygus pratensis	Aulacorthum solani
Frugivores:	Coreus marginatus

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Persicaria maculosa

Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 J.K. Lindsey

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