Vicia sativa Linnaeus 1753 (Family Fabaceae)
Height: 20-100cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Annual, Persistent Seed Bank, Extrafloral Nectaries
Hermaphrodite, Flowering April - September
(Earliest: 7.6)
Protective Chemicals |
Alkaloids |
Ricinine |
Cyanogenic Glycosides |
Prunasin, Vicianin |
Coumarins |
Aesculetin, Scopoletin, Umbelliferone |
Furanocoumarins |
Bergapten, Methoxsalen |
Amino Acids |
Cyanoalanine |
Biotopes: |
Meadows |
Parasites: |
Agromyza nana |
Chromatomyia horticola |
Bembecia ichneumoniformis Larva (Root Borer) |
Possible Parasites: |
Liriomyza strigata |
Ischnopterapion virens Larva (Stem Borer) |
Herbivores: |
Hypera miles |
Sitona lineatus |
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 |
Lygus rugulipennis |
Possible Sapivores: |
Palomena prasina |
Macrosiphum euphorbiae |
Possible Florivores: |
Fabogethes nigrescens Larva |
Granivores: |
Cydia nigricana Larva |
Bruchus atomarius Larva |
Bruchus rufimanus Larva |
Eutrichapion punctiger Larva |
Possible Granivores: |
Peritrechus gracilicornis |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Common Vetch
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