Erysimum cheiranthoides Linnaeus 1753 (Family Brassicaceae)


Plant

Leaf

Flower

Fruit

Height: 10-80cm
Never Mycorrhizal
Biennial, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - September (Earliest: 15.9)

Biotopes:
Hedge Rows
Flower Visitors:
Anthophora furcata

Pieris rapae

Several Syrphidae

Stomorhina lunata
Parasites:
Erysiphe cruciferarum

Liriomyza bryoniae

Ceutorhynchus assimilis
(Larval Root Gall)

Ceutorhynchus rapae
(Larval Stem Borer)
Herbivores:
Plutella xylostella Larva

Athalia ancilla Larva

Phyllotreta ochripes
Granivores:
Anthocharis cardamines Larva

Ecological Flora of the British Isles


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