Plant	Leaf
Flower	Fruit

Height: 30-90cm
Rarely Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Lacks Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering July - October (Earliest: 4.7)

Protective Chemicals
Flavonoids	Diosmetin, Kaempferol, Luteolin, Quercetin

Biotopes:	Wet Meadows	Peat Bogs and Mires
Flower Visitors:	Thymelicus lineola	Several Syrphidae	Eriothrix rufomaculatus	Phasia pusilla
	Morellia aenescens	Neomyia cornicina	Dilophus febrilis	Bellardia vulgaris
	Saltella sphondylii	Rhagonycha fulva	Stictoleptura rubra	Dasytes niger
Parasites:	Gillmeria pallidactyla Larva (Stem Borer)	Liriomyza strigata	Chromatomyia horticola
Possible Parasites:	Incurvaria praelatella Larva (Leaf Miner)	Calycomyza artemisiae
Herbivores:	Autographa gamma	Cassida prasina	Cassida sanguinosa
Possible Herbivores:	Dichrorampha obscuratana Larva	Phyllobius glaucus
Sapivores:	Several Aphididae
Possible Sapivores:	Adelphocoris ticinensis	Philaenus spumarius	Carpocoris purpureipennis	Macrosiphoniella tanacetaria
Florivores:	Eupithecia centaureata	Eupithecia icterata
Possible Granivores:	Rhopalus parumpunctatus

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Sneezewort

Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey

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