Plant |
Leaves |
Flowers |
Colour Variant |
Fruit
|
Plant |
Leaves |
|
Flowers |
Colour Variant |
Height: 10-40cm
Rarely Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Rhizomatous
Dioecious, Flowering April - June
(Earliest: 26.4)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alkaloids | Chatinine | ||||
| Monoterpenoids | Borneol | ||||
| Acids | Isovalerianic, Malic, Tannins | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Wet Meadows |
Peat Bogs and Mires |
| Flower Visitors: |
Neoascia meticulosa | |
| Herbivores: |
Melitaea athalia Larva |
Melitaea diamina Larva |
| Possible Herbivores: |
Cnephasia asseclana | |
| Sapivores: |
Eupteryx vittata | |
| Possible Sapivores: |
Aulacorthum solani |
Evacanthus acuminatus |
| Possible Florivores: |
Eupithecia subumbrata Larva |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
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