Plant |
Leaves |
Flowers |
Fruit |
|
Plant |
Leaves |
|
Flowers |
Fruit |
Height: 25-150cm
Occasionally Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Lacks Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - August
(Earliest: 30.5)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iridoids | Asperuloside, Daphylloside, Mollugoside, Scandoside, Secogalioside | ||||
| Naphthohydroquinones | Mollugin | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Hedge Rows | |||
| Flower Visitors: |
Thymelicus sylvestris |
Several Syrphidae |
Bellardia viarum |
Pollenia rudis |
Sarcophaga carnaria | ||||
| Parasites: |
Neoerysiphe galii |
Mazzantia galii |
Dasineura galiicola | |
| Herbivores: |
Many Geometridae |
Several Noctuidae |
Several Sphingidae |
Several Tenthredinidae Larvae |
| Possible Herbivores: |
Several Noctuidae |
Idaea aversata Larva |
Xanthorhoe quadrifasiata Larva |
Celypha rivulana Larva |
Cnephasia incertana |
Phyllobius glaucus |
Phyllobius vespertinus | ||
| Sapivores: |
Several Aphididae |
Several Miridae |
Philaenus spumarius | |
| Possible Sapivores: |
Horistus orientalis |
Orthocephalus coriaceus |
Carpocoris purpureipennis |
Palomena prasina |
Aphrophora alni Nymph | ||||
| Florivores: |
Several Geometridae | |||
| Possible Florivores: |
Phytocoris varipes | |||
| Possible Granivores: |
Dolycoris baccarum |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Hedge Bedstraw
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey
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