Veronica agrestis Linnaeus 1753 (Family Plantaginaceae)


Plant

Leaf

Flower

Fruit

Height: 5-25cm
Occasionally Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Annual, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering April - June, August - September (Earliest: 7.4)

Protective Chemicals
Iridoids Aucubin, Catalpol

Biotopes:
Meadows
Parasites:
Podosphaera fuliginea
Possible Herbivores:
Several Tortricidae

Idaea humiliata Larva

Athalia cordata Larva

Tenthredo mesomela Larva

Galeruca tanaceti
Sapivores:
Aulacorthum solani

Ecological Flora of the British Isles


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