Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus 1753 (Family Scrophulariaceae)


Plant

Leaf

Flower

Height: 30-200cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Biennial, Rhizomatous, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering July - October (Earliest: 10.7)

Biotopes:
Meadows
Parasites:
Ramularia variabilis

Several Agromyzidae

Gortyna flavago Larva
(Stem Borer)
Herbivores:
Paratalanta hyalinalis Larva

Pachyprotasis rapae Larva

Tenthredo bifasciata Larva

Cionus

Longitarsus nigrofasciatus
Sapivores:
Several Miridae

Several Pentatomidae

Eupteryx atropunctata
Granivores:
Liocoris tripustulatus

Dolycoris baccarum

Liorhyssus hyalinus

Rhopalus parumpunctatus

Ecological Flora of the British Isles


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