Filipendula ulmaria (Linnaeus 1753) Maximowicz 1879 (Family Rosaceae)
Plant |
Leaves |
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 50-120cm
Occasionally Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Tufts, Lacks Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - September
(Earliest: 19.6)
Protective Chemicals |
Flavonoids |
Isoquercitrin, Quercetin |
Other Phenolics |
Salicylic Acid, Salicin, Tannins |
Biotopes: |
Wet Meadows |
Stream Banks |
Flower Visitors: |
Several Apidae |
Araschnia levana |
Many Syrphidae |
Chloromyia formosa |
|
Phaonia erronea |
Stomorhina lunata |
Chrysanthia geniculata |
Oxythyrea funesta |
Parasites: |
Ramularia ulmariae |
Erysiphe ulmariae |
Incurvaria praelatella Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Coleophora albicostella |
|
Coleophora potentillae |
Stigmella splendidissimella |
Fenella nigrita |
Dasineura ulmaria |
|
Agromyza idaeiana |
Neocoenorrhinus pauxillus Larva |
Herbivores: |
Pyrgus malvae Larva |
Several Geometridae |
Several Noctuidae |
Many Tortricidae |
|
Arctia caja |
Callimorpha dominula |
Macrothylacia rubi |
Saturnia pavonia |
|
Habrosyne pyritoides |
Pleuroptya ruralis |
Many Tenthredinidae |
Several Chrysomelidae |
|
Phyllobius glaucus |
Sapivores: |
Several Cicadellidae |
Several Miridae |
Aphrophora alni Nymph |
Philaenus spumarius |
|
Cercopis vulnerata |
Cixius distinguendus |
Florivores: |
Eupithecia centaureata |
Eupithecia satyrata |
Granivores: |
Carduelis flammea |
Pyrrhula pyrrhula |
Liocoris tripustulatus |
Nests: |
Acrocephalus palustris |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Meadowsweet
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