Plant |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
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Plant |
Leaf |
|
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 5-50cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering April - October
(Earliest: 16.4)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iridoids | Aucubin, Catalpol | ||||
| Flavonoids | Luteolin | ||||
| Phenylethanoid Glycosides | Acteoside, Lavandulifolioside, Plantamajoside | ||||
| Other Phenolics | Plantamoside, Verbascoside | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Meadows |
Around Buildings | ||
| Pollination: | Wind | |||
| Flower Visitors: |
Bombus pratorum |
Pipizella virens |
Platycheirus clypeatus | |
| Parasites: |
Ramularia rhabdospora |
Golovinomyces sordidus |
Chromatomyia horticola |
Phytomyza plantaginis |
Cheilosia lasiopa Larva (Root Miner) |
Apteropeda orbiculata Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Aspilapteryx tringipennella Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Philopedon plagiatus | |
| Herbivores: |
Several Nymphalidae |
Several Noctuidae Larvae |
Several Tortricidae |
Parasemia plantaginis |
Phragmatobia fuliginosa Larva |
Pyrausta despicata Larva |
Several Tenthredinidae Larvae |
Chrysolina staphylaea | |
| Possible Herbivores: |
Several Geometridae Larvae |
Many Noctuidae |
Arctia caja |
Diacrisia sannio Larva |
Diasemia reticularis Larva |
Udea lutealis Larva |
Celypha rivulana Larva |
Several Tenthredinidae | |
| Sapivores: |
Philaenus spumarius |
Aphis fabae |
Thrips nigropilosus | |
| Possible Sapivores: |
Macrosiphum euphorbiae | |||
| Granivores: |
Endothenia marginana |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Ribwort Plantain
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey
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