Petasites hybridus (Linnaeus 1753) Gaertner, Meyer, & Scherbius 1801 (Family Asteraceae)


Plant

Leaf

Flower

Fruit

Height: 10-80cm
Occasionally Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering March - April (Earliest: 17.3)

Protective Chemicals
Sesquiterpenoids Furanopetasin, Isopetasin, Petasin
Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids Integerrimine, Monocrotaline, Retrorsine,
Senecionine, Seneciphylline, Senkirkine

Biotopes:
Spruce Forest Edge
Flower Visitors:
Many Apidae

Vespula rufa

Aglais io

Aglais urticae

Anthocharis cardamines

Gonepteryx rhamni

Cheilosia albipila

Pollenia rudis
Parasites:
Golovinomyces cichoracearum

Ascochyta microspora

Acidia cognata

Phytomyza tussilaginis

Stemonocera cornuta

Platyptilia gonodactyla
Herbivores:
Amphipoea oculea Larva

Several Tenthredinidae Larvae

Liparus germanus Larva

Cheilosia chloris Larva (Roots)
Sapivores:
Several Cicadellidae

Anuraphis farfarae

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Butterbur


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