Oxalis acetosella Linnaeus 1753 (Family Oxalidaceae)
Plant |
Leaves |
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 5-15cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Rhizomatous, Lacks Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering April - May
(Earliest: 1.4)
Protective Chemicals |
Acids |
Oxalic |
Biotopes: |
Wet Forest |
Spruce Forest |
Flower Visitors: |
Several Apidae |
Anthocharis cardamines |
Pieris napi |
Helophilus pendulus |
|
Platycheirus albimanus |
Fabogethes nigrescens |
Seed Dispersal: |
Projection |
Parasites: |
Mycosphaerella depazeiformis |
Valdensia heterodoxa |
Liriomyza bryoniae |
Pegomya seitenstettensis |
Herbivores:: |
Mesotype didymata |
Sapivores: |
Aphis fabae |
Aulacorthum solani |
Possible Sapivores: |
Macrosiphum euphorbiae |
Granivores: |
Parus major |
Poecile palustris |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Wood Sorrel
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