Plant |
Leaves |
Flower |
Fruit |
|
Plant |
Leaves |
|
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 5-40cm
Occasionally Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Annual, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering January - December
(Earliest: 24.2)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Triterpenoids | Saponins | ||||
| Flavonoids | Apigenin, Quercitin | ||||
| Other Phenolics | Tannins | ||||
| Acids | Triacontanoic | ||||
| Sterols | Daucosterol, Sitosterol, Triacontanol | ||||
| Alkanes | Hentriacontane | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Hedge Rows |
Gardens | ||
| Microhabitat: |
Bare Ground | |||
| Pollination: | Autopollination | |||
| Flower Visitors: |
Andrena floricola |
Nomada leucophthalma |
Eupithecia indigata |
Empis chioptera |
Empis melanotricha |
Platycheirus scutatus | |||
| Parasites: |
Scaptomyza graminum Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Hydrellia griseola Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Liriomyza bryoniae | |
| Possible Parasites: |
Liriomyza strigata | |||
| Herbivores: |
Several Geometridae |
Many Noctuidae |
Diaphora mendica |
Spilosoma lutea Larva |
Cassida flaveola | ||||
| Possible Herbivores: |
Cnephasia asseclana |
Cnephasia incertana |
Rhogogaster chlorosoma Larva |
Rhogogaster viridis Larva |
Cylindrotoma distinctissima Larva | ||||
| Sapivores: |
Several Aphididae | |||
| Florivores: |
Agrochola lychnidis Larva | |||
| Granivores: |
Several Carabidae |
Coleophora striatipennella Larva |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Chickweed
Pictures © 2003, 2005 J.K. Lindsey
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