Plant	Leaf
Flower	Fruit

Height: 7-25cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Rhizomatous, Lacks Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering February - May (Earliest: 10.2)

Protective Chemicals
Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids	Senecionine, Senkirkine, Tussilagine
Other Alkaloids	Tussilaginine
Sesquiterpenoids	Bisabolene, Faradiol, Farfaratin, Tussilagone
Flavonoids	Hyperoside, Kaempferol, Quercetin, Rutin
Other Phenolics	Gallic Acid, Tannins
Other Acids	Acetic, Stearic
Sterols	Daucosterol, Ergosterol, Sitosterol, Spinasterol, Stigmasterol
Other	Triacontanol

Biotopes:	Meadows	Spruce Forest Edge
Flower Visitors:	Many Apidae	Itoplectis alternans	Allophroides boops	Dinarmus acutus
	Mesopolobus aequus	Amphithectus austriacus	Several Nymphalidae	Anthocharis cardamines
	Gonepteryx rhamni	Several Anthomyiidae	Several Calliphoridae	Several Muscidae
	Several Phoridae	Several Scathophagidae	Many Syrphidae	Aphanotrigonum nigripes
	Aphanotrigonum trilineatum	Gonia picea	Tachina ursina	Scaptomyza graminum
	Scaptomyza pallida	Sepsis fulgens	Sepsis violacea	Leptometopa niveipennis
	Phyllomyza flavitarsis	Bradysia nitidicollis	Ensina sonchi	Geomyza tripunctata
	Bombylius major	Mosillus subsultans	Psilopa nitidula	Fannia manicata
	Lamiogethes difficilis	Chaetocnema hortensis	Thrips trehernei
Seed Dispersal:	Wind
Parasites:	Asteroma impressum	Golovinomyces cichoracearum	Podosphaera fusca	Puccinia poarum
	Scrobipalpa acuminatella Larva (Leaf Miner)	Platyptilia gonodactyla	Liriomyza strigata	Phytomyza tussilaginis
	Acidia cognata	Stemonocera cornuta
Herbivores:	Several Tortricidae	Autographa gamma	Papestra biren Larva	Scoparia subfusca Larva
	Udea lutealis Larva	Pachyprotasis rapae Larva	Tenthredo mesomela Larva	Otiorhynchus scaber
	Phyllobius vespertinus	Galeruca tanaceti
Sapivores:	Anuraphis farfarae
Granivores:	Amara aenea

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Coltsfoot

Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2007 J.K. Lindsey

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