Plant |
Leaf |
Flowers |
Fruit |
|
Plant |
Leaf |
|
Flowers |
Fruit |
Height: 30-100cm
Occasionally Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Persistent Seed Bank
Dioecious, Flowering May - September
(Earliest: 21.4)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flavonoids | Catechin, Epicatechin, Proanthocyanidin | ||||
| Tannins | Parameritannin | ||||
| Other Phenolics | Tartaric Acid | ||||
| Other | Anthraquinone, Oxalate | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Meadows | |||
| Flower Visitors: |
Melitaea athalia |
Scaeva selenitica |
Erioptera fuscipennis | |
| Parasites: |
Erysiphe polygoni |
Ramularia rubella |
Venturia rumicis |
Uromyces rumicis |
Pegomya bicolor Larva |
Several Apionidae Larvae (Stem Borers) | |||
| Herbivores: |
Capreolus capreolus |
Several Lycaenidae Larvae |
Several Geometridae |
Several Noctuidae Larva |
Phragmatobia fuliginosa Larva |
Adscita statices Larva |
Cnephasia incertana |
Ametastegia equiseti Larva | |
Hypera rumicis |
Rhinoncus pericarpius |
Chaetocnema concinna |
Gastrophysa viridula | |
| Possible Herbivores: |
Vanessa cardui |
Several Crambidae Larvae |
Several Geometridae Larvae |
Many Noctuidae Larvae |
Several Tortricidae |
Several Tenthredinidae |
Altica oleracea |
Phyllobius oblongus Larva | |
Phyllobius pyri Larva | ||||
| Sapivores: |
Several Aphididae |
Several Miridae |
Coreus marginatus | |
| Possible Sapivores: |
Aphrodes makarovi |
Cicadella viridis |
Cercopis vulnerata |
Macrosiphum euphorbiae |
Apolygus spinolae | ||||
| Florivores: |
Eupithecia centaureata |
Phytocoris varipes | ||
| Granivores: |
Coreus marginatus | |||
| Possible Granivores: |
Rhopalus parumpunctatus |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Common Sorrel
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey
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