Plant	Leaf
Flower	Fruit

Height: 20-80cm
Rarely Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Stoloniferous, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - September (Earliest: 11.5)

Protective Chemicals
Iridoids	Amphicoside, Aucubin, Catapol, Catalposide, Minecoside, Troylcataposide, Verminoside, Veronicoside, Verproside
Phenolics	Tannins

Biotopes:	Stream Banks
Pollination:	Autopollination
Parasites:	Podosphaera fuliginea
Herbivores:	Several Tenthredinidae Larvae	Several Chrysomelidae	Gymnetron rostellum
Possible Herbivores:	Several Tortricidae	Idaea humiliata Larva	Athalia cordata Larva	Tenthredo mesomela Larva
	Galeruca tanaceti
Sapivores:	Several Aphididae

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Brooklime

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

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