Epilobium hirsutum Linnaeus 1753 (Family Onagraceae)
Height: 60-150cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Stoloniferous, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - September
(Earliest: 26.6)
Protective Chemicals |
Flavonoids |
Hyperoside |
Other Phenolics |
Gallic, Methoxygallic, & Protocatechuic Acids |
Other Acids |
Linolenic |
Biotopes: |
Hedge Rows |
Flower Visitors: |
Several Apidae |
Several Pieridae |
Thymelicus lineola |
Thymelicus sylvestris |
|
Aglais urticae |
Autographa gamma |
Several Syrphidae |
Siphona geniculata |
|
Delia floralis |
Parasites: |
Venturia maculiformis |
Podosphaera epilobii |
Pucciniastrum epilobii |
Several Momphidae |
Possible Parasites: |
Liriomyza strigata |
Herbivores: |
Deilephila elpenor |
Deilephila porcellus Larva |
Clepsis spectrana |
Cnephasia incertana |
|
Naenia typica Larva |
Ecliptopera silaceata Larva |
Several Chrysomelidae |
Auleutes epilobii |
|
Empria excisa Larva |
Tenthredo colon |
Possible Herbivores: |
Several Tortricidae |
Lacanobia oleracea |
Mesotype didymata |
Spilosoma lutea Larva |
|
Several Tenthredinidae |
Psylliodes picina |
Sapivores: |
Several Miridae |
Aphis epilobiaria |
Aphis epilobii |
Peribalus strictus |
Possible Sapivores: |
Aphis frangulae beccabungae |
Granivores: |
Adelphocoris lineolatus Nymph |
Liocoris tripustulatus |
Possible Granivores: |
Rhopalus maculatus |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Great Willowherb
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