Plant |
Leaves |
Flower |
Fruit |
|
Plant |
Leaves |
|
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 5-30cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Rhizomatous
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - August
(Earliest: 24.6)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saponins | Episarsasapogenin, Epismilagenin, Sarsasapogenin, Smilagenin | ||||
| Lactones | Furanone | ||||
| Furans | Methoxyfuran | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Peat Bogs and Mires | ||
| Flower Visitors: |
Chrysotoxum fasciatum |
Syrphus vitripennis |
Rhamphomyia aethiops |
| Herbivores: |
Altica palustris |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Bog Asphodel
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey
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