Spergularia [Spergula] rubra (Linnaeus 1753) Presl & Presl 1819 (Family Caryophyllaceae)


Plant

Leaves

Flower

Fruit

Height: 4-20cm
Annual/Biennial, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - September (Earliest: 16.5)

Protective Chemicals
Flavonoids Vicenin

Biotopes:
Heath and Moorland
Parasites:
Liriomyza bryoniae

Liriomyza strigata

Scaptomyza graminum Larva (Leaf Miner)

Delia florilega Larva (Leaf Miner)
Herbivores:
Cassida vittata
Possible Herbivores:
Cnephasia incertana
Possible Granivores:
Rhopalus parumpunctatus

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Sand Spurrey


Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey

Caution

Back to Ecology of Commanster