Plant |
Leaf |
Flowers |
Fruit |
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Plant |
Leaf |
|
Flowers |
Fruit |
Height: 10-50cm
Rarely Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Persistent Seed Bank
Dioecious, Flowering May - August
(Earliest: 24.4)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flavonoids | Hyperoside | ||||
| Other | Oxalate | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Meadows | |||
| Parasites: |
Erysiphe polygoni |
Ramularia rubella |
Venturia rumicis |
Uromyces rumicis |
Pegomya bicolor Larva |
Monochroa tenebrella Larva (Root Miner) |
Several Apionidae Larvae (Root Borers) | ||
| Herbivores: |
Capreolus capreolus |
Several Lycaenidae Larvae |
Several Geometridae Larvae |
Autographa gamma |
Diacrisia sannio Larva |
Dypterygia scabriuscula Larva |
Adscita statices Larva |
Ametastegia equiseti Larva | |
Ametastegia glabrata Larva |
Rhinoncus pericarpius |
Otiorhynchus scaber |
Gastrophysa viridula | |
| Possible Herbivores: |
Vanessa cardui |
Several Crambidae Larvae |
Several Geometridae Larvae |
Many Noctuidae Larvae |
Several Tortricidae |
Several Tenthredinidae |
Altica oleracea |
Phyllobius oblongus Larva | |
Phyllobius pyri Larva | ||||
| Sapivores: |
Aphis acetosae |
Aulacorthum solani |
Coreus marginatus |
Philaenus spumarius |
Lygus maritimus |
Carpocoris fuscispinus | |||
| Possible Sapivores: |
Aphrodes makarovi |
Cicadella viridis |
Cercopis vulnerata |
Macrosiphum euphorbiae |
Apolygus spinolae | ||||
| Florivores: |
Eupithecia centaureata |
Eupithecia satyrata | ||
| Granivores: |
Coreus marginatus |
Scolopostethus affinis | ||
| Possible Granivores: |
Rhopalus parumpunctatus |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Sheep's Sorrel
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey
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