Tussilago farfara Linnaeus 1753 (Family Asteraceae)
Height: 7-25cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Rhizomatous
Hermaphrodite, Flowering February - May
(Earliest: 10.2)
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Habitat: |
Meadows |
Spruce Forest Edge |
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Seed Dispersal: |
Wind |
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Pollination: |
Many Apidae |
Pachyneuron formosum |
Several Nymphalidae |
Several Muscidae |
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Several Syrphidae |
Several Calliphoridae |
Several Ephydridae |
Scaptomyza graminum |
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Scaptomyza pallida |
Egle ciliata |
Phorbia nuceicornis |
Scathophaga furcata |
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Scathophaga stercoraria |
Macquartia dispar |
Tachina ursina |
Sepsis fulgens |
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Sepsis punctum |
Sapromyza basalis |
Anevrina urbana |
Bradysia nitidicollis |
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Meligethes ovatus |
Psylliodes picinus |
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Parasites: |
Asteroma impressum |
Scrobipalpa acuminatella Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Platyptilia gonodactyla |
Phytomyza tussilaginis |
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Acidia cognata |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Coltsfoot
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