Plant |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
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Plant |
Leaf |
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Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 40-120cm
Rarely Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - September
(Earliest: 17.4)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flavonoids | Catechin, Epicatechin, Glucopyranoside | ||||
| Acids | Ascorbalamic | ||||
| Other | Oxalate | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Meadows |
Around Buildings |
Spruce Forest Edge |
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| Flower Visitors: |
Bombus lucorum |
Bombus terrestris |
Monostegia abdominalis |
Cnephasia communana |
Nemophora degeerella |
Several Syrphidae |
Hoplia philanthus | ||
| Parasites: |
Erysiphe polygoni |
Ramularia rubella |
Venturia rumicis |
Uromyces rumicis |
Broad-leaved Dock Virus A |
Pegomya bicolor |
Pegomya vanduzeei Larva |
Apion frumentarium Larva (Root & Stem Borer) | |
Perapion violaceum Larva (Stem Borer) |
Strophosoma melanogrammum Larva | |||
| Herbivores: |
Lycaena phlaeas Larva |
Lycaena tityrus Larva |
Several Erebidae |
Several Geometridae |
Many Noctuidae |
Clepsis rurinana |
Pandemis heparana |
Triodia sylvina Larva | |
Nematus vicinus Larva |
Several Curculionidae Larvae |
Chaetocnema concinna |
Gastrophysa viridula | |
Cepaea | ||||
| Possible Herbivores: |
Vanessa cardui |
Several Crambidae Larvae |
Several Geometridae Larvae |
Many Noctuidae Larvae |
Several Tortricidae |
Several Tenthredinidae |
Altica oleracea |
Phyllobius oblongus Larva | |
Phyllobius pyri Larva | ||||
| Sapivores: |
Several Aphididae |
Several Miridae |
Coreus marginatus |
Philaenus spumarius |
| Possible Sapivores: |
Aphrodes makarovi |
Cicadella viridis |
Cercopis vulnerata |
Macrosiphum euphorbiae |
Apolygus spinolae | ||||
| Florivores: |
Agrochola lychnidis Larva | |||
| Granivores: |
Coreus marginatus | |||
| Possible Granivores: |
Rhopalus parumpunctatus |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Broad-leaved Dock
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey
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