Plant |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 10-40cm
Never Mycorrhizal, Hemi-parasite
Annual, Lacks Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering July - October
(Earliest: 3.7)
Protective Chemicals | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Iridoids | Aucubin | ||||
Phenolics | Caffeic Acid, Tannins |
Biotopes: |
Heath and Moorland | |
Flower Visitors: |
Atelestus dissonans | |
Herbivores: |
Altica palustris |
Stenoptilia aridus Larva |
Sapivores: |
Aphis fabae |
Hyperomyzus rhinanthi |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Eyebright
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey
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