Papaver rhoeas Linnaeus 1753 (Family Papaveraceae)
Plant |
Leaves |
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 30-60cm
Rarely Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Annual, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - July
(Earliest: 19.6)
Protective Chemicals |
Alkaloids |
Rheadine |
Phenolics |
Cyanidin |
Biotopes: |
Meadows |
Flower Visitors: |
Parasyrphus vittiger |
Parasites: |
Erysiphe cruciferarum |
Chromatomyia horticola |
Liriomyza strigata |
Possible Parasites: |
Hydrellia griseola Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Herbivores: |
Several Tortricidae |
Sapivores: |
Several Aphididae |
Adelphocoris lineolatus |
Closterotomus norwegicus |
Philaenus spumarius |
Granivores: |
Neoglocianus maculaalba Larva |
Adelphocoris lineolatus Nymph |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
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