Plant |
Leaf |
Flowers |
Fruit |
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Plant |
Leaf |
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Flowers |
Fruit |
Height: 8-40cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Rhizomatous, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering July - September
(Earliest: 6.7)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terpenoids | Caryophyllene, Limonene, Menthol, Menthone,
Phellandrene, Pulegone, Terpinolene | ||||
| Flavonoids | Linarin | ||||
| Other Phenolics | Tannins | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Wet Meadows |
Stream Banks | ||
| Flower Visitors: |
Bombus soroeensis |
Bombus pascuorum |
Several Muscidae |
Several Syrphidae |
Empis vitripennis |
Rhamphomyia aethiops |
Phormia regina |
Pollenia vagabunda | |
| Parasites: |
Golovinomyces biocellatus |
Septoria menthae | ||
| Possible Parasites: |
Amauromyza labiatarum | |||
| Herbivores: |
Pyrausta aurata Larva |
Pyrausta purpuralis Larva |
Cnephasia stephensiana |
Spilosoma lutea Larva |
Pachyprotasis rapae Larva |
Several Chrysomelidae | |||
| Possible Herbivores: |
Vanessa cardui |
Several Tortricidae |
Angerona prunaria Larva |
Pseudopanthera macularia |
Anania hortulata |
Udea ferrugalis Larva |
Polymixis flavicincta |
Pseudopostega crepusculella Larva | |
Pachyprotasis antennata Larva |
Tenthredo atra Larva | |||
| Sapivores: |
Ovatus crataegarius | |||
| Possible Sapivores: |
Eupteryx aurata |
Eupteryx vittata |
Deraeocoris flavilinea |
Lygocoris pabulinus |
Macrosiphum euphorbiae |
Zicrona caerulea |
Thrips fuscipennis | ||
| Florivores: |
Thymogethes gagathinus Larva | |||
| Possible Florivores: |
Sagittogethes umbrosus Larva | |||
| Possible Granivores: |
Scolopostethus thomsoni |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Corn Mint
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey
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