Plant |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
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Plant |
Leaf |
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Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 5-50cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Rhizomatous, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - September
(Earliest: 19.4)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coumarins | Scopoletin | ||||
| Flavonoids | Catechin, Isorhamnetin, Narcissin, Quercetin | ||||
| Other Phenolics | Caffeic, Chlorogenic, Coumaric, Ellagic,
Ferulic, & Gallic Acids, Phlobaphene, Tannins | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Heath and Moorland |
Meadows | ||
| Flower Visitors: |
Pyrgus malvae |
Euclidia mi |
Scythris knochella |
Many Syrphidae |
Saltella sphondylii |
Sepsis fulgens |
Empis aestiva |
Rhamphomyia aethiops | |
Paradelia intersecta |
Eriothrix rufomaculatus | |||
| Parasites: |
Podosphaera aphanis |
Fenella nigrita |
Anthonomus rubi Larva (Flower Gall) |
Neocoenorrhinus germanicus Larva |
Coleophora potentillae |
Agromyza idaeiana | |||
| Herbivores: |
Pyrgus malvae Larva |
Several Tortricidae |
Autographa gamma |
Mesotype didymata |
Saturnia pavonia |
Macrophya blanda Larva |
Tenthredo colon |
Several Curculionidae | |
Altica oleracea |
Galerucella tenella | |||
| Sapivores: |
Macrosiphum euphorbiae |
Sitobion fragariae |
Arboridia parvula | |
| Florivores: |
Elaphria venustula Larva | |||
| Granivores: |
Rhopalus parumpunctatus |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Tormentil
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2012 J.K. Lindsey
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