Plant |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
|
Plant |
Leaf |
|
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 5-40cm
Occasionally Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Annual, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering April - October
(Earliest: 18.4)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flavonoids | Violanthin, Violarvensin | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Meadows | |||
| Seed Dispersal: | Projection | |||
| Parasites: |
Calliopum aeneum Larva (Stem Miner) | |||
| Herbivores: |
Issoria lathonia Larva | |||
| Possible Herbivores: |
Several Tortricidae |
Conistra erythrocephala Larva |
Diarsia mendica Larva |
Xanthorhoe quadrifasiata Larva |
Ametastegia equiseti Larva |
Cylindrotoma distinctissima Larva | |||
| Possible Sapivores: |
Mecomma ambulans |
Philaenus spumarius |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Field Pansy
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 J.K. Lindsey
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