Plant 
Flower |
Leaf 
Fruit |
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Plant
Flower |
Leaf
Fruit |
Height: 15-80cm
Rarely Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Annual/Biennial, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - September
(Earliest: 1.5)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glucosinolates | Glucobrassicin, Glucoputranjivin | ||||
| Phenolics | Eugenol, Vanillin | ||||
| Acids | Dodecanoic, Octanoic | ||||
| Other | Myrosin | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Meadows |
Gardens | ||
| Microhabitat: |
Bare Ground | |||
| Flower Visitors: |
Siphona geniculata |
Syritta pipiens | ||
| Parasites: |
Erysiphe cruciferarum |
Several Agromyzidae |
Ceutorhynchus assimilis (Larval Root Gall) |
Ceutorhynchus rapae (Larval Stem Borer) |
| Herbivores: |
Pieris napi Larva |
Pieris rapae |
Cnephasia asseclana |
Cnephasia incertana |
Evergestis limbata Larva |
Several Tenthredinidae Larvae |
Several Chrysomelidae |
Ceutorhynchus pyrrhorhynchus | |
|
Ceutorhynchus rapae | ||||
| Sapivores: |
Several Aphididae |
Eurydema oleracea |
Brachycarenus tigrinus Nymph | |
| Florivores: |
Brassicogethes coracinus Larva | |||
| Granivores: |
Anthocharis cardamines Larva |
Cauchas rufimitrella Larva |
Dolycoris baccarum |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Hedge Mustard
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey
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