Plant |
Leaves |
Flower |
Fruit |
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Plant |
Leaves |
|
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 5-25cm
Rarely Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Annual, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering February - November
(Earliest: 25.2)
| Biotopes: |
Meadows |
Gardens | ||
| Microhabitat: |
Bare Ground | |||
| Flower Visitors: |
Andrena cineraria |
Andrena haemorrhoa |
Anthocharis cardamines |
Pieris rapae |
Rhingia campestris |
Rhamphomyia sulcata |
Bibio johannis |
Bellardia viarum | |
| Seed Dispersal: | Projection | |||
| Parasites: |
Erysiphe cruciferarum | |||
| Possible Parasites: |
Liriomyza strigata |
Ceutorhynchus assimilis (Larval Root Gall) | ||
| Herbivores: |
Pieris rapae |
Xanthorhoe fluctuata Larva |
Athalia liberta Larva |
Several Chrysomelidae |
| Possible Herbivores: |
Cnephasia incertana |
Plutella xylostella Larva |
Athalia rosae Larva |
Several Chrysomelidae |
| Sapivores: |
Aulacorthum solani |
Myzus cerasi | ||
| Possible Florivores: |
Brassicogethes subaeneus Larva | |||
| Granivores: |
Anthocharis cardamines Larva |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Hairy Bittercress
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey
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