Plant	Leaves
Flower	Fruit

Height: 5-30cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Stoloniferous, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - September (Earliest: 7.6)

Protective Chemicals
Cyanogenic Glycosides	Linamarin, Lotaustralin
Flavonoids	Catechin, Epicatechin, Sativin, Vestitol
Other Phenolics	Proanthocyanidins

Biotopes:	Meadows	Wet Meadows
Flower Visitors:	Several Apidae	Several Hesperiidae	Polyommatus icarus	Araschnia levana
	Colias croceus	Eristalis tenax
Parasites:	Bembecia ichneumoniformis Larva (Root Borer)	Aproaerema anthyllidella Larva (Leaf Miner)
Herbivores:	Callophrys rubi Larva	Polyommatus icarus Larva	Colias croceus Larva	Leptidea sinapis Larva
	Several Geometridae Larvae	Several Tortricidae	Euclidia glyphica Larva	Euclidia mi Larva
	Lacanobia oleracea	Zygaena viciae Larva	Syncopacma larseniella Larva	Several Tenthredinidae Larvae
	Several Curculionidae	Bruchus loti
Possible Herbivores:	Several Tortricidae	Ematurga atomaria Larva	Sitona lineatus
Sapivores:	Several Miridae	Aphis craccivora	Aphis fabae	Aphrophora alni Nymph
	Aphrodes bicinctus
Florivores:	Eupithecia centaureata	Genistogethes carinulatus Larva
Possible Florivores:	Fabogethes nigrescens Larva
Possible Granivores:	Cydia succedana Larva	Peritrechus gracilicornis

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Birdsfoot Trefoil

Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey

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