Plant |
Leaves |
Flower |
Fruit |
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Plant |
Leaves |
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Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 15-40cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - August
(Earliest: 16.5)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iridoids | Amphicoside, Aucubin, Catapol, Catalposide, Geniposidic Acid, Ladroside, Minecoside,
Mussaenoside, Speedoside, Troylcataposide, Verminoside, Veronicoside, Verproside | ||||
| Flavonoids | Cynaroside, Luteolin | ||||
| Other Phenolics | Tartaric Acid, Tannins | ||||
| Acids | Acetic, Citric, Lactic, Malic | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Heath and Moorland |
Spruce Forest Edge | ||
| Flower Visitors: |
Ochlodes sylvanus |
Rhamphomyia micropyga | ||
| Parasites: |
Podosphaera fuliginea | |||
| Herbivores: |
Melitaea athalia Larva |
Athalia circularis Larva |
Gymnetron rostellum | |
| Possible Herbivores: |
Several Tortricidae |
Idaea humiliata Larva |
Athalia cordata Larva |
Tenthredo mesomela Larva |
Galeruca tanaceti | ||||
| Sapivores: |
Eupteryx atropunctata |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Heath Speedwell
Pictures © 2003, 2005, 2010 J.K. Lindsey
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