Centaurea jacea Linnaeus 1753 (Family Asteraceae)


Plant

Leaf

Flower

Fruit

Height: 20-120cm
Perennial
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - October (Earliest: 3.6)

Habitat:
Meadows
Pollination:
Several Apidae

Several Nymphalidae

Aporia crataegi

Pieris rapae

Thymelicus lineola

Thymelicus sylvestris

Adscita statices

Udea lutealis

Several Syrphidae

Empis livida
Parasites:
Ramularia centaureae
Herbivores:
Siona lineata Larva

Udea lutealis Larva

Paratalanta hyalinalis Larva

Eucosma obumbratana Larva

Cassida rubiginosa
Sapivores:
Orthocephalus brevis

Orthocephalus coriaceus

Uroleucon jaceae
Granivores:
Eurygaster maura


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

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