Plant	Leaves
Flower	Fruit

Height: 10-40cm
Annual, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering March - September (Earliest: 4.3)

Protective Chemicals
Iridoids	Barlerin, Lamalbide
Methyl Esters	Shanzhiside

Biotopes:	Meadows	Gardens
Microhabitat:	Bare Ground
Flower Visitors:	Several Apidae	Aglais urticae
Seed Dispersal:	Formicidae
Parasites:	Ramularia lamiicola	Neoerysiphe galeopsidis	Amauromyza labiatarum	Liriomyza strigata
	Dasineura lamiicola	Hydrellia griseola Larva (Leaf Miner)
Possible Parasites:	Apteropeda orbiculata Larva (Leaf Miner)
Herbivores:	Autographa pulchrina	Noctua fimbriata Larva	Diaphora mendica	Pseudopanthera macularia
	Chrysolina fastuosa
Possible Herbivores:	Callimorpha dominula	Phragmatobia fuliginosa Larva	Celypha lacunana	Cnephasia incertana
	Autographa gamma	Hoplodrina octogenaria Larva	Udea prunalis	Phyllobius oblongus Larva
Sapivores:	Aphis frangulae beccabungae	Tingis pilosa
Possible Sapivores:	Several Cicadellidae	Carpocoris purpureipennis	Macrosiphum euphorbiae
Granivores:	Perizoma alchemillata Larva
Possible Granivores:	Liocoris tripustulatus

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Red Dead-nettle

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

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