Hypericum humifusum Linnaeus 1753 (Family Clusiaceae)
Plant |
Leaves |
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 5-20cm
Rarely Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - September
(Earliest: 15.6)
Protective Chemicals |
Monoterpenoids |
Pinene |
Flavonoids |
Hyperoside |
Other Phenolics |
Tannins |
Quinonoids |
Hyperforin, Hypericin |
Biotopes: |
Spruce Forest Edge |
Pollination: |
Autopollination |
Flower Visitors: |
Eupeodes corollae |
Rhamphomyia longipes |
Parasites: |
Erysiphe hyperici |
Sphaerulina hyperici |
Herbivores: |
Cnephasia asseclana |
Cnephasia incertana |
Possible Herbivores: |
Archips xylosteana Larva |
Cnephasia longana Larva |
Alcis repandata Larva |
Pachyprotasis antennata Larva |
|
Pachyprotasis rapae Larva |
Possible Sapivores: |
Lygus wagneri |
Macrosiphum euphorbiae |
Possible Florivores: |
Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis |
Possible Granivores: |
Rhopalus parumpunctatus |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Trailing St John's Wort
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