Lamium purpureum Linnaeus 1753 (Family Lamiaceae)
Plant |
Leaves |
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 10-40cm
Annual, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering March - September
(Earliest: 4.3)
Protective Chemicals |
Iridoids |
Barlerin, Lamalbide |
Methyl Esters |
Shanzhiside |
Biotopes: |
Meadows |
Gardens |
Microhabitat: |
Bare Ground |
Flower Visitors: |
Several Apidae |
Aglais urticae |
Seed Dispersal: |
Formicidae |
Parasites: |
Ramularia lamiicola |
Neoerysiphe galeopsidis |
Amauromyza labiatarum |
Liriomyza strigata |
|
Dasineura lamiicola |
Hydrellia griseola Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Possible Parasites: |
Apteropeda orbiculata Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Herbivores: |
Autographa pulchrina |
Noctua fimbriata Larva |
Diaphora mendica |
Pseudopanthera macularia |
|
Chrysolina fastuosa |
Possible Herbivores: |
Callimorpha dominula |
Phragmatobia fuliginosa Larva |
Celypha lacunana |
Cnephasia incertana |
|
Autographa gamma |
Hoplodrina octogenaria Larva |
Udea prunalis |
Phyllobius oblongus Larva |
Sapivores: |
Aphis frangulae beccabungae |
Tingis pilosa |
Possible Sapivores: |
Several Cicadellidae |
Carpocoris purpureipennis |
Macrosiphum euphorbiae |
Granivores: |
Perizoma alchemillata Larva |
Possible Granivores: |
Liocoris tripustulatus |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Red Dead-nettle
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey
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