Plant |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
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Plant |
Leaf |
|
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 20-90cm
Never Mycorrhizal
Biennial, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - August
(Earliest: 5.4)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glucosinolates | Glucobarbarin, Glucobrassicin, Gluconasturtiin | ||||
| Saponins | Hederagenin Cellobioside, Oleanolic Acid Cellobioside | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Meadows |
Around Buildings | ||
| Flower Visitors: |
Several Apidae |
Anthocharis cardamines |
Pieris napi |
Gonepteryx rhamni |
Several Syrphidae |
Phorbia fumigata |
Empis opaca |
Fannia umbrosa | |
Bibio lanigerus |
Empis ciliata |
Brassicogethes aeneus |
Aplotarsus angustulus | |
| Parasites: |
Erysiphe cruciferarum |
Liriomyza bryoniae |
Ceutorhynchus assimilis (Larval Root Gall) | |
| Herbivores: |
Pieris napi Larva |
Pieris rapae |
Cnephasia incertana |
Cnephasia stephensiana |
Evergestis pallidata Larva |
Athalia rosae Larva |
Several Chrysomelidae | ||
| Sapivores: |
Brevicoryne brassicae |
Macrosiphum euphorbiae |
Eurydema oleracea | |
| Florivores: |
Brassicogethes coracinus Larva | |||
| Granivores: |
Anthocharis cardamines Larva |
Cauchas rufimitrella Larva |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Common Wintercress
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey
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