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Diplotaxis tenuifolia
FamilyGenus: Diplotaxisnative in Germany
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Species
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Interactions
documented
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Host relationships
Species
About this species
A native herbaceous plant of sunny, dry places, flowering from May to October.
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PollinationLarval hostFlower visit
Annual cycle
Flowers appear from May to October.
Standort & Merkmale
Light
Sonne
Moisture
Trocken
Soil
Mittelzehrer (Normaler Boden)
Flowering period
Mai – Okt
Soil reaction
Basisch / Kalkhold
Bioregion
Continental
Growth form
Krautige Pflanze
Woodiness
Nicht verholzt
Leaf type
Breitblättrig
Plant height
0.391 m
Morphological traits: TRY ID3 (CC BY 3.0) & TRY ID81 (CC BY)
Pflege & Anbau
Plant in full sun in a well-drained, ordinary garden soil. Once established, it needs little watering and thrives in dry conditions.
Scientific profile
Diplotaxis tenuifolia is a native, non-woody broad-leaved herb that reaches around 40 centimetres in height. It requires full sun and grows in dry, ordinary soil with a neutral to slightly acid reaction. This warmth-loving species is tolerant of low disturbance and is not salt-tolerant. Its tiny seeds weigh about 0.28 milligrams each. The plant flowers over a long season, from May through to October.
Pollinators & visitors
18 Arten interagieren mit dieser Pflanze
Pieris napiBombus pascuorumBombus sylvestrisPolyommatus icarusPieris rapaeApis melliferaColias croceusPontia edusaSphaerophoria scriptaLasioglossum politumBombus terrestrisLasioglossum malachurumHelophilus trivittatusEristalis tenaxMelanostoma mellinumSeladonia subaurataEpisyrphus balteatusMeliscaeva auricollis
Other flower visitors
1 other species visit the flowers
Coccinella septempunctata
Sources & data origin
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•pollinator_interactions
•FloraWeb / BfN
•EIVE 1.0 — Dengler et al. (2023), DOI: 10.3897/VCS.98324 (CC BY 4.0)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
•TRY Categorical Traits (ID3) — Kattge et al. (2012), DOI: 10.17871/TRY.3 (CC BY 3.0)
•TRY Global Spectrum (ID81) — Díaz et al. (2016/2021), DOI: 10.17871/TRY.81 (CC BY)
•Govaerts R et al. (2025) — World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) v14. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. DOI: 10.34885/xs7h-ze42 (CC BY 4.0)
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