Plant |
Leaves |
Flower |
Fruit |
Colour Variant
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Plant |
Leaves |
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Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 5-25cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - August
(Earliest: 17.4)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saponins | Senegin | ||||
| Phenolics | Tannins | ||||
| Acids | Pectic | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Heath and Moorland | |
| Flower Visitors: |
Bombus pratorum |
Pyrgus malvae |
| Herbivores: |
Pempelia palumbella Larva | |
| Granivores: |
Columba oenas |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Heath Milkwort
Pictures © 2003, 2005, 2007 J.K. Lindsey
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