Vicia cracca Linnaeus 1753 (Family Fabaceae)
Height: 40-200cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal, Extrafloral Nectaries
Perennial, Stoloniferous, Lacks Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - September
(Earliest: 12.5)
Protective Chemicals |
Other |
Lectins |
Biotopes: |
Meadows |
Hedge Rows |
Flower Visitors: |
Many Apidae |
Several Hesperiidae |
Several Nymphalidae |
Several Pieridae |
|
Lycaena hippothoe |
Polyommatus icarus |
Autographa gamma |
Rhingia campestris |
|
Closterotomus norwegicus |
Parasites: |
Erysiphe pisi |
Agromyza vicifoliae |
Agromyza nana |
Aproaerema anthyllidella Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Possible Parasites: |
Liriomyza strigata |
Ischnopterapion virens Larva (Stem Borer) |
Herbivores: |
Several Lycaenidae Larvae |
Leptidea sinapis Larva |
Several Tortricidae |
Autographa gamma |
|
Lygephila pastinum Larva |
Scotopteryx chenopodiata Larva |
Macrothylacia rubi |
Zygaena viciae Larva |
|
Several Tenthredinidae Larvae |
Several Curculionidae |
Cyanapion platalea |
Possible Herbivores: |
Several Erebidae Larvae |
Celypha lacunana |
Charanyca ferruginea Larva |
Ematurga atomaria Larva |
|
Ametastegia glabrata Larva |
Tenthredo atra Larva |
Sitona humeralis |
Sitona lepidus |
|
Altica palustris |
Neocrepidodera ferruginea |
Sapivores: |
Several Aphididae |
Several Miridae |
Possible Sapivores: |
Palomena prasina |
Macrosiphum euphorbiae |
Florivores: |
Eupithecia centaureata |
Possible Florivores: |
Fabogethes nigrescens Larva |
Granivores: |
Cydia nigricana Larva |
Several Apionidae Larvae |
Bruchus atomarius Larva |
Adelphocoris lineolatus Nymph |
Possible Granivores: |
Peritrechus gracilicornis |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Tufted Vetch
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