Plant |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
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Plant |
Leaf |
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Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 10-50cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Stoloniferous, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - July
(Earliest: 16.4)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sesquiterpenoids | Protoanemonin | ||||
| Phenolics | Saponaretin, Vitexin | ||||
| Acids | Linolenic | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Meadows |
Gardens | ||
| Microhabitat: |
Bare Ground | |||
| Flower Visitors: |
Hylaeus communis |
Probles gilvipes |
Aspilota fuscicornis |
Torymus microcerus |
Pachyprotasis rapae |
Several Nymphalidae |
Pyrgus malvae |
Lycaena tityrus | |
Euclidia mi |
Adscita statices |
Anthophila fabriciana |
Glyphipteri simpliciella | |
Several Muscidae |
Many Syrphidae |
Delia radicum |
Several Oedemeridae | |
Chrysolina fastuosa |
Donacia crassipes |
Lamiogethes difficilis |
Lamiogethes.pedicularius | |
Stenopterus rufus |
Eusphalerum atrum |
Byturus tomentosus |
Adrastus axillaris | |
| Parasites: |
Ramularia didyma |
Leptotrochila ranunculi |
Erysiphe aquilegiae |
Uromyces dactylidis |
Phytomyza ranunculi |
Cheilosia albitarsis Larva (Root Borer) |
Pseudodineura fuscula | ||
| Herbivores: |
Autographa gamma |
Cnephasia stephensiana |
Several Tenthredinidae Larvae |
Several Chrysomelidae |
Barynotus moerens |
Leiosoma deflexum | |||
| Possible Herbivores: |
Several Tortricidae |
Callimorpha dominula |
Xestia triangulum Larva |
Many Tenthredinidae |
Otiorhynchus porcatus | ||||
| Sapivores: |
Aulacorthum solani |
Dysaphis ranunculi |
Eupteryx vittata |
Philaenus spumarius |
| Possible Sapivores: |
Aphis fabae | |||
| Florivores: |
Agrochola lychnidis Larva | |||
| Possible Florivores: |
Cnephasia pasiuana |
Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis | ||
| Possible Granivores: |
Rhopalus maculatus |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Creeping Buttercup
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey
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