Plant |
Leaves |
Flower |
Fruit |
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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 |
Pirapion immune Larva (Stem Gall) |
| 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: |
Several Aphididae |
Several Miridae |
Gargara genistae |
Piezodorus lituratus |
Arytainilla spartiophila |
Aphrophora alni | |||
| 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
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey
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