Plant |
Leaves |
Flower |
Fruit |
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Plant |
Leaves |
|
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 15-60cm
Annual/Biennial, Lacks Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - November
(Earliest: 15.5)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polyacetylenes | Lachnophyllum & Matricaria Esters | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Meadows | |||
| Flower Visitors: |
Several Apidae |
Dolerus haematodes |
Lycaena phlaeas |
Aphantopus hyperantus |
Anthophila fabriciana |
Several Syrphidae |
Several Tachinidae |
Neomyia cornicina | |
Empis planetica |
Sepsis duplicata |
Stenopterus rufus |
Meligethes atratus | |
| Parasites: |
Chromatomyia syngenesiae |
Liriomyza strigata |
Agapanthia villosoviridescens Larva (Stem Borer) | |
| Herbivores: |
Cnephasia asseclana |
Cnephasia incertana |
Several Chrysomelidae | |
| Sapivores: |
Several Aphididae |
Several Miridae |
Enoplops scapha | |
| Florivores: |
Aethes margaritana |
Phytocoris varipes | ||
| Granivores: |
Several Carabidae |
Eurygaster maura |
Liorhyssus hyalinus |
Stictopleurus abutilon |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Scentless Mayweed
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey
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