Cytisus scoparius (Linnaeus 1753) Link 1822 (Family Fabaceae)
Plant |
Leaves |
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 40-250cm, Age: <20 yr
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - July
(Earliest: 14.4)
Protective Chemicals |
Quinolizidine Alkaloids |
Lupanine, Sparteine |
Flavonoids |
Scoparin |
Other Phenolics |
Tannins |
Biotopes: |
Heath and Moorland |
Hedge Rows |
Flower Visitors: |
Several Apidae |
Several Syrphidae |
Siphona ingerae |
Seed Dispersal: |
Projection |
Parasites: |
Ascochyta kabatiana |
Uromyces pisi-sativi |
Aurantiporus fissilis |
Herbivores: |
Callophrys rubi Larva |
Celastrina argiolus Larva |
Many Geometridae |
Several Noctuidae |
|
Agonopterix assimilella Larva |
Agonopterix nervosa Larva |
Phragmatobia fuliginosa Larva |
Sitochroa verticalis Larva |
|
Lasiocampa quercus |
Several Curculionidae |
Gonioctena olivacea |
Rhogogaster genistae Larva |
|
Rhogogaster picta Larva |
Sapivores: |
Piezodorus lituratus |
Globiceps fulvicollis |
Gargara genistae |
Aphis cytisorum sarothamni |
Florivores: |
Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Larva |
Elaphria venustula Larva |
Granivores: |
Cydia succedana Larva |
Bruchidius ater Larva |
Bruchus atomarius Larva |
Tychius parallelus Larva |
|
Heterocordylus tibialis |
Nests: |
Saxicola rubicola |
Wood Decomposers: |
Tremella mesenterica |
Angiosperm Generalists |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Broom
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