Plant |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
|
Plant |
Leaf |
|
Flower |
Fruit |
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
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey
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