Plant |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
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Plant |
Leaf |
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Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 20-100cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Annual, Persistent Seed Bank, Extrafloral Nectaries
Hermaphrodite, Flowering April - September
(Earliest: 7.6)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alkaloids | Ricinine | ||||
| Cyanogenic Glycosides | Prunasin, Vicianin | ||||
| Coumarins | Aesculetin, Scopoletin, Umbelliferone | ||||
| Furanocoumarins | Bergapten, Methoxsalen | ||||
| Amino Acids | Cyanoalanine | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Meadows | |||
| Parasites: |
Agromyza nana |
Chromatomyia horticola |
Bembecia ichneumoniformis Larva (Root Borer) | |
| Possible Parasites: |
Liriomyza strigata |
Ischnopterapion virens Larva (Stem Borer) | ||
| Herbivores: |
Hypera miles |
Sitona lineatus | ||
| Possible Herbivores: |
Several Erebidae Larvae |
Celypha lacunana |
Charanyca ferruginea Larva |
Ematurga atomaria Larva |
Ametastegia glabrata Larva |
Tenthredo atra Larva |
Sitona humeralis |
Sitona lepidus | |
Altica palustris |
Neocrepidodera ferruginea | |||
| Sapivores: |
Several Aphididae |
Lygus rugulipennis | ||
| Possible Sapivores: |
Palomena prasina |
Macrosiphum euphorbiae | ||
| Possible Florivores: |
Fabogethes nigrescens Larva | |||
| Granivores: |
Cydia nigricana Larva |
Bruchus atomarius Larva |
Bruchus rufimanus Larva |
Eutrichapion punctiger Larva |
| Possible Granivores: |
Peritrechus gracilicornis |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Common Vetch
Pictures © 2003, 2006, 2007 J.K. Lindsey
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