![]() Plant |
![]() Leaves |
![]() Flower |
![]() Fruit |
Height: 5-30cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Rhizomatous
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - August
(Earliest: 24.6)
Protective Chemicals | |||||
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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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