Plant |
Leaves |
Flower |
Fruit |
|
Plant |
Leaves |
|
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 50-120cm
Occasionally Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Tufts, Lacks Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - September
(Earliest: 19.6)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flavonoids | Isoquercitrin, Quercetin | ||||
| Other Phenolics | Salicylic Acid, Salicin, Tannins | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Wet Meadows |
Stream Banks |
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| Flower Visitors: |
Several Apidae |
Araschnia levana |
Many Syrphidae |
Chloromyia formosa |
Phaonia erronea |
Stomorhina lunata |
Chrysanthia geniculata |
Oxythyrea funesta | |
| Parasites: |
Ramularia ulmariae |
Erysiphe ulmariae |
Incurvaria praelatella Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Coleophora albicostella |
Coleophora potentillae |
Stigmella splendidissimella |
Fenella nigrita |
Dasineura ulmaria | |
Agromyza idaeiana |
Neocoenorrhinus pauxillus Larva | |||
| Herbivores: |
Pyrgus malvae Larva |
Several Geometridae |
Several Noctuidae |
Many Tortricidae |
Arctia caja |
Callimorpha dominula |
Macrothylacia rubi |
Saturnia pavonia | |
Habrosyne pyritoides |
Pleuroptya ruralis |
Many Tenthredinidae |
Several Chrysomelidae | |
Phyllobius glaucus | ||||
| Sapivores: |
Several Cicadellidae |
Several Miridae |
Aphrophora alni Nymph |
Philaenus spumarius |
Cercopis vulnerata |
Cixius distinguendus | |||
| Florivores: |
Eupithecia centaureata |
Eupithecia satyrata | ||
| Granivores: |
Carduelis flammea |
Pyrrhula pyrrhula |
Liocoris tripustulatus | |
| Nests: |
Acrocephalus palustris |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Meadowsweet
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey
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