Plant |
Leaves |
Flower |
Fruit |
|
Plant |
Leaves |
|
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 10-60cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering April - June
(Earliest: 15.4)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iridoids | Aucubin, Aucuboside, Catalpol | ||||
| Flavonoids | Apigenin, Luteolin, Scutellarin | ||||
| Phenylethanoid Glycosides | Acteoside, Chamaedroside, Ehrenoside | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Meadows | |||
| Flower Visitors: |
Several Apidae |
Microgaster hospes |
Boloria selene |
Pseudopanthera macularia |
Xanthorhoe fluctuata |
Several Empididae |
Several Syrphidae |
Scathophaga stercoraria | |
Fannia canicularis |
Siphona ingerae |
Phaonia pullata | >
Bellardia viarum | |
| Seed Dispersal: |
Formicidae | |||
| Parasites: |
Podosphaera fuliginea |
Stenoptilia pterodactyla Larva (Stem Miner) |
Apteropeda orbiculata Larva (Leaf Miner) | |
| Herbivores: |
Melitaea athalia Larva |
Melitaea cinxia Larva |
Macrophya sanguinolenta Larva |
Gymnetron rostellum |
| Possible Herbivores: |
Several Tortricidae |
Idaea humiliata Larva |
Athalia cordata Larva |
Tenthredo mesomela Larva |
Galeruca tanaceti | ||||
| Sapivores: |
Aphis frangulae beccabungae |
Myzus cerasi |
Eupteryx origani | |
| Granivores: |
Cauchas fibulella |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Germander Speedwell
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey
Back to Ecology of Commanster
x