Vicia sepium Linnaeus 1753 (Family Fabaceae)
Plant |
Leaf |
Flower |
Colour Variant |
Fruit |
Height: 30-100cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Stoloniferous, Extrafloral Nectaries
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - August
(Earliest: 20.4)
Biotopes: |
Hedge Rows |
Spruce Forest Edge |
Flower Visitors: |
Several Apidae |
Cyaniris semiargus |
Pieris rapae |
Autographa gamma |
Parasites: |
Erysiphe pisi |
Septoria viciae |
Agromyza vicifoliae |
Possible Parasites: |
Liriomyza strigata |
Ischnopterapion virens Larva (Stem Borer) |
Herbivores: |
Several Tortricidae |
Phyllobius pyri |
Sitona suturalis |
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 |
Possible Sapivores: |
Palomena prasina |
Macrosiphum euphorbiae |
Possible Florivores: |
Fabogethes nigrescens Larva |
Granivores: |
Eutrichapion punctiger Larva |
Oxystoma ochropus Larva |
Bruchus atomarius Larva |
Possible Granivores: |
Peritrechus gracilicornis |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Bush Vetch
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 J.K. Lindsey
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