Medicago falcata Linnaeus 1753 (Family Fabaceae)


Plant

Leaf

Flower

Height: 20-60cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - September (Earliest: 24.6)

Biotopes:
Meadows
Parasites:
Erysiphe pisi

Agromyza nana
Possible Parasites:
Liriomyza strigata

Scaptomyza graminum Larva (Leaf Miner)

Ischnopterapion virens Larva (Stem Borer)
Herbivores:
Colias croceus Larva

Polyommatus icarus Larva

Cnephasia asseclana

Cnephasia incertana

Chiasmia clathrata Larva

Euclidia mi Larva

Hypera miles

Sitona humeralis

Holotrichapion pisi
Possible Herbivores:
Celypha rivulana Larva

Philopedon plagiatus

Sitona suturalis
Sapivores:
Aphis craccivora
Possible Sapivores:
Megoura viciae
Possible Florivores:
Fabogethes nigrescens Larva

Ecological Flora of the British Isles


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