Plant |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
|
Plant |
Leaf |
|
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 5-80cm
Rarely Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Annual, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - November
(Earliest: 30.5)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alkaloids | Panicudine | ||||
| Triterpenoids | Saponins | ||||
| Flavonoids | Astragalin, Avicularin, Betmidin, Cynaroside,
Juglanin, Kaempferol, Liquiritin, Quercetin | ||||
| Other Phenolics | Coumarins | ||||
| Phytoestrogens | Aviculin | ||||
| Quinonoids | Anthraquinone | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Meadows |
Gardens | ||
| Microhabitat: |
Bare Ground | |||
| Pollination: | Autopollination | |||
| Parasites: |
Erysiphe polygoni |
Pegomya bicolor Larva | ||
| Possible Parasites: |
Hydrellia griseola Larva (Leaf Miner) | |||
| Herbivores: |
Several Geometridae |
Many Noctuidae |
Euclidia mi Larva |
Spilosoma lutea Larva |
Macrothylacia rubi |
Nomophila noctuella Larva |
Several Tenthredinidae Larvae |
Altica oleracea | |
Chaetocnema concinna |
Hypera rumicis | |||
| Possible Herbivores: |
Idaea muricata Larva |
Xanthorhoe spadicearia Larva |
Diacrisia sannio Larva |
Parasemia plantaginis |
Clepsis consimilana Larva |
Deilephila elpenor |
Pachyprotasis rapae Larva |
Tenthredo mioceras Larva | |
| Sapivores: |
Coreus marginatus |
Lygus rugulipennis |
Macrosteles maculosus |
Aphis fabae |
| Possible Sapivores: |
Aulacorthum solani |
Macrosiphum euphorbiae |
Lygus pratensis |
Aphrophora alni Nymph |
| Frugivores: |
Coreus marginatus |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Common Knotgrass
Pictures © 2003, 2005 J.K. Lindsey
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