Silene dioica (Linnaeus 1753) de Clairville 1811 (Family Caryophyllaceae)
Height: 20-90cm
Occasionally Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Persistent Seed Bank
Dioecious, Flowering May - July
(Earliest: 25.5)
Protective Chemicals |
Ecdysteroids |
Sidisterone |
Biotopes: |
Hedge Rows |
Spruce Forest Edge |
Parasites: |
Ramularia lychnidicola |
Scaptomyza graminum Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Herbivores:: |
Mesotype didymata |
Perizoma flavofasciata Larva |
Sideridis rivularis Larva |
Cnephasia stephensiana |
Possible Herbivores: |
Hada plebeja |
Polia nebulosa |
Cnephasia incertana |
Sapivores: |
Dicyphus errans |
Aphis fabae |
Possible Sapivores: |
Plagiognathus arbustorum |
Florivores: |
Eupithecia satyrata |
Granivores: |
Columbidae |
Grypocoris sexguttatus |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Red Campion
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