Plant	Leaf
Flower	Fruit

Height: 40-120cm
Biennial/Perennial
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - June (Earliest: 17.4)

Habitat:	Meadows	Hedge Rows	Spruce Forest Edge
Pollination:	Several Apidae	Several Ichneumonidae	Many Tenthredinidae	Monosapyga clavicornis
	Arge cyanocrocea	Exallonyx ligatus	Argogorytes mystaceus	Crossocerus podagricus
	Several Nymphalidae	Isturgia limbaria	Xanthorhoe montanata	Anthophila fabriciana
	Panemeria tenebrata	Many Syrphidae	Several Empidae	Several Tachinidae
	Platypalpus major	Helina reversio	Hylemyza partita	Pegomya bicolor
	Fannia sociella	Chlorops hypostigma	Onesia floralis	Stomorhina lunata
	Nephrotoma appendiculata	Tipula vernalis	Cratyna nobilis	Schwenckfeldina carbonaria
	Chloromyia formosa	Bibio johannis	Sarcophaga carnaria	Morellia podagrica
	Rhagio scolopaceus	Clytus arietis	Paracorymbia maculicornis	Anaspis frontalis
	Hemicrepidius niger	Limonius minutus	Cantharis pellucida	Rhagonycha nigriventris
	Mordella aculeata	Harpocera thoracica	Panorpa vulgaris	Sialis fuliginosa
Parasites:	Plasmopara nivea	Erysiphe heraclei	Ramularia anthrisci	Cheilosia pagana Larva (Stem Borer)
Herbivores:	Tenthredopsis scutellaris Larva	Idaea dimidiata Larva
Sapivores:	Aphis brohmeri

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Cow Parsley

Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008 J.K. Lindsey

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