Comarum palustre [Potentilla palustris] Linnaeus 1753 (Family Rosaceae)
Height: 15-50cm
Occasional Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Rhizomatous, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - July
(Earliest: 25.5)
Biotopes: |
Peat Bogs and Mires |
Wet Meadows |
Flower Visitors: |
Several Apidae |
Several Nymphalidae |
Lycaena hippothoe |
Ochlodes sylvanus |
|
Rhamphomyia aethiops |
Phaonia incana |
Paracorymbia maculicornis |
Plateumaris discolor |
Parasites: |
Podosphaera aphanis |
Cercospora comari |
Venturia palustris |
Coleophora albicostella |
|
Fenella nigrita |
Agromyza idaeiana |
Herbivores: |
Idaea muricata Larva |
Clepsis spectrana |
Saturnia pavonia |
Allantus calceatus Larva |
|
Cladius pectinicornis Larva |
Galerucella nymphaeae |
Galerucella tenella |
Sapivores: |
Aphrophora alni Nymph |
Philaenus spumarius |
Granivores: |
Rhopalus maculatus Larva |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Marsh Cinquefoil
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008 J.K. Lindsey
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