Bellis perennis Linnaeus 1753 (Family Asteraceae)
Plant |
Leaves |
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 2-15cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering January - December
(Earliest: 10.1)
Protective Chemicals |
Saponins |
Bellissaponin, Perennisaponin |
Flavonoids |
Apigenin |
Other Phenolics |
Tannins |
Polyacetylenes |
Diynoic Acid |
Other Acids |
Acetic, Malic, Oxalic |
Biotopes: |
Meadows |
Flower Visitors: |
Many Apidae |
Homoporus subniger |
Lycaena helle |
Several Pieridae |
|
Panemeria tenebrata |
Pseudopanthera macularia |
Many Empididae |
Many Syrphidae |
|
Musca autumnalis |
Neomyia cornicina |
Fannia atra |
Bellardia viarum |
|
Pollenia rudis |
Scathophaga furcata |
Scathophaga stercoraria |
Egle ciliata |
|
Phorbia fumigata |
Siphona ingerae |
Bibio johannis |
Oedemera nobilis |
|
Oedemera virescens |
Lamiogethes difficilis |
Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata |
Dasytes niger |
Parasites: |
Golovinomyces cichoracearum |
Puccinia obscura |
Liriomyza strigata |
Hydrellia griseola Larva (Leaf Miner) |
|
Apteropeda orbiculata Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Herbivores:: |
Several Tortricidae |
Otiorhynchus porcatus |
Sapivores: |
Aulacorthum solani |
Florivores: |
Cnephasia pasiuana |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Daisy
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