Plant |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
|
Plant |
Leaf |
|
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 30-100cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Rhizomatous, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering July - October
(Earliest: 14.6)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iridoids | Cephalarioside | ||||
| Saponins | Scabiosin | ||||
| Phenolics | Tannins | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Wet Meadows |
Wet Forest | ||
| Flower Visitors: |
Several Apidae |
Aphantopus hyperantus |
Boloria selene |
Pieris napi |
Pieris rapae |
Thymelicus sylvestris |
Autographa gamma |
Diachrysia chrysitis | |
Many Syrphidae |
Helina impuncta |
Empis picipes | ||
| Parasites: |
Ramularia succisae |
Septoria scabiosicola |
Liriomyza strigata | |
| Herbivores: |
Celypha lacunana |
Cnephasia incertana |
Stenoptilia aridus Larva |
Stenoptilia bipunctidactyla Larva |
Diacrisia sannio Larva |
Udea lutealis Larva |
Abia sericea Larva |
Tenthredo atra Larva | |
Galeruca tanaceti | ||||
| Sapivores: |
Several Aphididae | |||
| Florivores: |
Eupithecia centaureata | |||
| Granivores: |
Carduelis carduelis |
Nemophora minimella Larva |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Devilsbit Scabious
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey
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