Lamium album Linnaeus 1753 (Family Lamiaceae)
Height: 20-60cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Stoloniferous
Hermaphrodite, Flowering April - June
(Earliest: 29.3)
Protective Chemicals |
Terpenoids |
Saponins |
Phenolics |
Acteoside, Lamalboside, Tannins |
Biotopes: |
Hedge Rows |
Spruce Forest Edge |
Around Buildings |
Flower Visitors: |
Several Apidae |
Tersilochus jocator |
Microplitis spectabilis |
Platycheirus clypeatus |
|
Rhingia campestris |
Lamiogethes morosus |
Seed Dispersal: |
Formicidae |
Parasites: |
Ramularia lamiicola |
Neoerysiphe galeopsidis |
Ascochyta lamiorum |
Several Agromyzidae |
|
Dasineura lamiicola |
Possible Parasites: |
Apteropeda orbiculata Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Herbivores: |
Several Geometridae |
Many Noctuidae |
Arctia caja |
Several Tenthredinidae |
|
Cassida viridis |
Chrysolina fastuosa |
Possible Herbivores: |
Callimorpha dominula |
Phragmatobia fuliginosa Larva |
Celypha lacunana |
Cnephasia incertana |
|
Autographa gamma |
Hoplodrina octogenaria Larva |
Udea prunalis |
Phyllobius oblongus Larva |
Sapivores: |
Lygocoris pabulinus |
Tritomegas bicolor |
Eupteryx atropunctata |
Tingis pilosa |
Possible Sapivores: |
Several Cicadellidae |
Carpocoris purpureipennis
|
Macrosiphum euphorbiae |
Florivores: |
Lamiogethes difficilis Larva |
Lamiogethes morosus Larva |
Granivores: |
Tritomegas bicolor Nymph |
Dolycoris baccarum |
Possible Granivores: |
Liocoris tripustulatus |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
White Dead-nettle
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