Vicia hirsuta (Linnaeus 1753) Gray 1821 (Family Fabaceae)


Plant

Leaves

Flower

Fruit

Height: 20-70cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Annual, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - August (Earliest: 20.5)

Protective Chemicals
Flavonoids Glucopyranoside

Biotopes:
Meadows
Parasites:
Erysiphe pisi

Agromyza vicifoliae

Agromyza nana
Possible Parasites:
Liriomyza strigata

Ischnopterapion virens Larva (Stem Borer)
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:
Aphis craccae
Possible Sapivores:
Palomena prasina

Macrosiphum euphorbiae
Possible Florivores:
Fabogethes nigrescens Larva
Granivores:
Eutrichapion punctiger Larva

Eutrichapion viciae Larva
Possible Granivores:
Peritrechus gracilicornis

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Hairy Tare


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