Cerastium fontanum Baumgarten 1816 (Family Caryophyllaceae)
Plant |
Leaves |
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 5-30cm
Rarely Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Annual, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering April - November
(Earliest: 4.4)
Biotopes: |
Meadows |
Flower Visitors: |
Panemeria tenebrata |
Empis nigripes |
Parasites: |
Scaptomyza graminum Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Possible Parasites: |
Delia florilega Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Herbivores: |
Cnephasia incertana |
Cassida flaveola |
Possible Herbivores: |
Cnephasia asseclana |
Cnephasia stephensiana |
Scythris knochella Larva |
Cassida flaveola |
|
Galeruca tanaceti |
Possible Florivores: |
Eupithecia pygmaeata |
Granivores: |
Panemeria tenebrata Larva |
Coleophora striatipennella Larva |
Rhopalus parumpunctatus |
Possible Granivores: |
Amara familiaris |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Common Mouse-ear
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