Plant |
Leaves |
Flower |
Fruit |
|
Plant |
Leaves |
|
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 5-40cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial
Hermaphrodite, Flowering March - October
(Earliest: 19.2)
| Habitat: |
Meadows |
Around Buildings | ||
| Pollination: |
Many Apidae |
Several Ichneumonidae |
Several Tenthredinidae |
Microplitis ocellatae |
Torymus chloromerus |
Several Pieridae |
Several Nymphalidae |
Pyrgus malvae | |
Thymelicus lineola |
Lycaena phlaeas |
Papilio machaon |
Autographa gamma | |
Euclidia glyphica |
Several Muscidae |
Many Syrphidae |
Many Empididae | |
Several Anthomyiidae |
Several Calliphoridae |
Bibio johannis |
Bibio marci | |
Sarcophaga carnaria |
Nephrotoma appendiculata |
Several Oedemeridae |
Meligethes difficilis | |
Meligethes ovatus |
Anthaxia salicis |
Rhagonycha fulva | ||
| Seed Dispersal: | Wind | |||
| Parasites: |
Ramularia taraxaci |
Ensina sonchi Larva (Flower Gall) |
Liriomyza taraxaci Larva (Leaf Miner) | |
| Herbivores: |
Columbidae |
Several Geometridae Larva |
Several Arctiidae |
Autographa gamma Larva |
Lacanobia oleracea |
Celypha rosaceana Larva |
Celypha striana Larva | ||
| Sapivores: |
Lygocoris pabulinus | |||
| Florivores: |
Protaetia cuprea | |||
| Granivores: |
Fringillidae |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Common Dandelion
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey
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