Plant |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
|
Plant |
Leaf |
|
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 100-200cm
Rarely Arbuscular Mycorrhizal, Extrafloral Nectaries
Annual, Lacks Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering July - October
(Earliest: 28.6)
Origin: Himalayas
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flavonol Glycosides | Ampelopsin, Astragalin, Kaempferol, Quercetin | ||||
| Naphthoquinones | Lawsone | ||||
| Steroids | Glanduliferin | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Around Buildings |
Stream Banks | |
| Seed Dispersal: | Projection | ||
| Parasites: |
Phytoliriomyza melampyga | ||
| Herbivores: |
Deilephila elpenor |
Cnephasia asseclana |
Cnephasia incertana |
| Sapivores: |
Aphis fabae |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Himalayan Balsam
Pictures © 2003, 2005, 2006 J.K. Lindsey
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