Plant |
Leaf |
Flower |
Colour Variant |
Fruit
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Plant |
Leaf |
|
Flower |
Colour Variant |
Height: 5-40cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering July - September
(Earliest: 9.6)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saponins | Oleanolic & Ursolic Acids, Prunelloside | ||||
| Flavonoids | Hyperoside, Kaempferol, Quercetin, Rutin | ||||
| Other Phenolics | Caffeic, Coumaric, & Rosmarinic Acids, Tannins | ||||
| Other Acids | Betulinic, Cinnamic, Maslinic, Polyacetylenic | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Spruce Forest Edge | |||
| Flower Visitors: |
Several Apidae |
Tenthredo obsoleta |
Boloria selene |
Pieris napi |
Pieris rapae |
Siphona geniculata | |||
| Parasites: |
Neoerysiphe galeopsidis |
Golovinomyces biocellatus |
Septoria prunellae |
Rosenscheldia abundans |
Ascochyta lamiorum |
Amauromyza labiatarum |
Apteropeda orbiculata Larva (Leaf Miner) | ||
| Herbivores: |
Cnephasia asseclana |
Cnephasia incertana |
Otiorhynchus porcatus |
Longitarsus obliteratus |
| Sapivores: |
Aulacorthum solani |
Macrosiphum euphorbiae |
Eupteryx vittata | |
| Florivores: |
Sagittogethes umbrosus Larva |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Self-heal
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008 J.K. Lindsey
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