Galium palustre Linnaeus 1753 (Family Rubiaceae)
Plant |
Leaves |
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 15-100cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - September
(Earliest: 4.6)
Protective Chemicals |
Iridoids |
Asperuloside, Monotropein, Scandoside |
Coumarins |
Palustroside |
Biotopes: |
Wet Meadows |
Parasites: |
Neoerysiphe galii |
Mazzantia galii |
Dasineura galiicola |
Herbivores: |
Several Geometridae Larvae |
Deilephila elpenor |
Deilephila porcellus Larva |
Possible Herbivores: |
Several Noctuidae |
Idaea aversata Larva |
Xanthorhoe quadrifasiata Larva |
Celypha rivulana Larva |
|
Cnephasia incertana |
Phyllobius glaucus |
Phyllobius vespertinus |
Sapivores: |
Polymerus nigrita |
Polymerus unifasciatus |
Philaenus spumarius |
Cicadella viridis |
|
Myzus cerasi |
Possible Sapivores: |
Horistus orientalis |
Orthocephalus coriaceus |
Carpocoris purpureipennis |
Palomena prasina |
|
Aphrophora alni Nymph |
Possible Florivores: |
Phytocoris varipes |
Possible Granivores: |
Dolycoris baccarum |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Marsh Bedstraw
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