Plant |
Leaves |
Flower |
Fruit |
|
Plant |
Leaves |
|
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 30-60cm
Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering April - June
(Earliest: 15.4)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flavonoids | Rutin | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Heath and Moorland | |||
| Flower Visitors: |
Several Apidae |
Rhingia campestris | ||
| Herbivores: |
Several Geometridae |
Cnephasia asseclana |
Cnephasia incertana |
Agonopterix nervosa Larva |
Sitona striatellus | ||||
| Possible Herbivores: |
Cnephasia stephensiana | |||
| Sapivores: |
Gargara genistae |
Piezodorus lituratus | ||
| Granivores: |
Bruchidius villosus Larva |
Heterocordylus tibialis |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey
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