Cardamine hirsuta Linnaeus 1753 (Family Brassicaceae)
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
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