Plant |
Leaves |
Flower |
Fruit |
|
Plant |
Leaves |
|
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 20-60cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Stoloniferous, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - August
(Earliest: 9.6)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitroacid Esters | Cibarian, Coronarian, Hiptagin, Karakin | ||||
| Flavonoids | Catechin, Sativin, Vestitol | ||||
| Other Phenolics | Tannins | ||||
| Acids | Cyanhydric, Nitropropionic | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Wet Meadows |
Pond Edge | ||
| Flower Visitors: |
Bombus pascuorum |
Thymelicus sylvestris |
Epirrhoe tristata |
Zygaena viciae |
Platycheirus clypeatus | ||||
| Herbivores: |
Polyommatus icarus Larva |
Leptidea sinapis Larva |
Zygaena trifolii Larva |
Endotricha flammealis Larva |
Several Curculionidae |
Syncopacma larseniella Larva | |||
| Possible Herbivores: |
Several Tortricidae |
Ematurga atomaria Larva |
Sitona lineatus | |
| Sapivores: |
Adelphocoris seticornis |
Adelphocoris ticinensis |
Closterotomus norwegicus |
Aphis craccivora |
| Possible Florivores: |
Fabogethes nigrescens Larva | |||
| Possible Granivores: |
Cydia succedana Larva |
Peritrechus gracilicornis |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil
Pictures © 2003, 2011 J.K. Lindsey
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