Falcaria vulgaris

FamilyGenus: Falcarianative in Germany

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About this species

Falcaria vulgaris is an introduced, established herbaceous plant in Great Britain. It bears broad leaves and produces its small umbel flowers from June to August, thriving in full sun on dry, calcareous soils of moderate fertility.

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Ecological significance

Introduced and established in Great Britain, Falcaria vulgaris typically occupies sunny, dry, calcareous habitats with low levels of disturbance. No specific ecological impacts are recorded in the provided data.

Annual cycle

Vegetative growth takes place in spring, followed by the main flowering period in June, July and August. No further seasonal detail is available.

Standort & Merkmale

Light

Sonne

Moisture

Trocken

Soil

Mittelzehrer (Normaler Boden)

Flowering period

Jun – Aug

Soil reaction

Basisch / Kalkhold

Bioregion

Continental

Growth form

Krautige Pflanze

Woodiness

Nicht verholzt

Leaf type

Breitblättrig

Plant height

0.495 m

Morphological traits: TRY ID3 (CC BY 3.0) & TRY ID81 (CC BY)

Pflege & Anbau

Provide a position in full sun with free‑draining, moderately fertile, neutral to alkaline soil. Once established the plant tolerates dry conditions and warm aspects. The flowering period runs from early summer into August.

Scientific profile

Falcaria vulgaris is a herbaceous, non‑woody, broad‑leaved plant reaching around half a metre in height. The diaspores are small, averaging less than a milligram. The plant flowers from June to August. It is adapted to full sunlight and dry, alkaline soils with a moderate nutrient level; it occurs on warm sites that experience only low disturbance. In Great Britain the species is introduced and established.

Pollinators & visitors

38 Arten interagieren mit dieser Pflanze

Athalia rosaeHylaeus variegatusCoccinula quatuordecimpustulataArge ochropus Sphaerophoria scriptaLasioglossum glabriusculumVespula germanica Lasioglossum leucozoniumAndrena minutuloidesAndrena minutulaAndrena bicolorLasioglossum pauxillum Hylaeus dilatatusAndrena flavipesPolistes nimphaLasioglossum politumHalictus maculatusEristalis arbustorum Sphecodes monilicornis Bombus terrestris Lasioglossum villosulumLasioglossum interruptumHalictus smaragdulusLasioglossum subhirtumSphecodes hyalinatusSphecodes gibbus Andrena ovatulaHylaeus hyalinatusAndrena chrysoscelesAndrena nitidiusculaHylaeus brevicornisAndrena hypopoliaSyritta pipiensChrysotoxum bicinctumTrichopsomyia flavitarsisEristalis tenaxPipizella viduataEpisyrphus balteatus

Other flower visitors

14 other species visit the flowers

Arge melanochra Rhagonycha fulvaCteniopus sulphureusSciaridae sp 1Blaesoxipha sp 2Atylotus fulvusMeigenia sp 1Pollenia cf rudisCryptocheilus sp 1Elomya lateralisTachinidae sp4Lucilia sericataTachina magnicornisLucilia silvarum

Sources & data origin

•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)

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•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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