Ranunculus flammula Linnaeus 1753 (Family Ranunculaceae)
Height: 8-50cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - October
(Earliest: 3.5)
Protective Chemicals |
Sesquiterpenoids |
Protoanemonin |
Biotopes: |
Wet Meadows |
Pond Edge |
Temporary Pools |
Stream Banks |
Flower Visitors: |
Several Syrphidae |
Rhamphomyia aethiops |
Thricops semicinereus |
Mordella holomelaena |
|
Oedemera nobilis |
Eusphalerum atrum |
Donacia semicuprea |
Dasytes niger |
Parasites: |
Ramularia didyma |
Phytomyza ranunculi |
Pseudodineura fuscula |
Herbivores: |
Hydrothassa glabra |
Hydrothassa marginella |
Possible Herbivores: |
Several Tortricidae |
Callimorpha dominula |
Xestia triangulum Larva |
Many Tenthredinidae |
|
Otiorhynchus porcatus |
Sapivores: |
Aphrophora alni Nymph |
Possible Sapivores: |
Aphis fabae |
Possible Florivores: |
Cnephasia pasiuana |
Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis |
Possible Granivores: |
Rhopalus maculatus |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Lesser Spearwort
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 J.K. Lindsey
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