Potentilla [Comarum] palustris (Linnaeus 1753) Scopoli 1772 (Family Rosaceae)


Plant

Leaf

Flower

Fruit

Height: 15-50cm
Occasional Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Rhizomatous
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - July (Earliest: 25.5)

Habitat:
Peat Bogs and Fens

Wet Meadows
Pollination:
Several Apidae

Several Nymphalidae

Lycaena hippothoe

Ochlodes sylvanus

Rhamphomyia umbripennis

Paracorymbia maculicornis

Plateumaris sericea
Parasites:
Cercospora comari

Fenella nigrita
Herbivores:
Pyrgus malvae Larva

Idaea muricata Larva
Sapivores:
Rhopalus maculatus

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Marsh Cinquefoil


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

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