Image to followAI-generated illustrationConopodium majus
Conopodium majus
FamilyGenus: Conopodiumnative in Germany
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Interactions
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Host relationships
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About this species
A native, herbaceous umbellifer of sunny, fresh soils that flowers in late spring, providing nectar and pollen for pollinators.
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PollinationLarval hostFlower visit
Ecological significance
The flowers supply nectar and pollen to insects, and the plant forms arbuscular mycorrhizal relationships with soil fungi.
Annual cycle
Flowers from May to June.
Standort & Merkmale
Light
Sonne
Moisture
Frisch (Mäßig feucht)
Soil
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Flowering period
Mai – Jun
Bioregion
Continental
Nectar value
2
Pollen value
2
Growth form
Krautige Pflanze
Woodiness
Nicht verholzt
Leaf type
Breitblättrig
Plant height
0.262 m
Morphological traits: TRY ID3 (CC BY 3.0) & TRY ID81 (CC BY)
Pflege & Anbau
Requires full sun and a fresh, moderately moist soil that is neutral to slightly acid and moderately fertile. Tolerates little disturbance.
Scientific profile
Native in Great Britain, Conopodium majus is a herbaceous, broad-leaved plant reaching about 0.26 m in height. It thrives in full sun on fresh, moderately moist, neutral to slightly acid soils of moderate fertility and tolerates only low levels of disturbance. The umbel flowers are produced in May and June, offering nectar and pollen to insects, while the roots form arbuscular mycorrhizal associations.
Pollinators & visitors
42 Arten interagieren mit dieser Pflanze
Odezia atrataAndrena dorsataAndrena chrysoscelesHamearis lucinaLycaena phlaeasHylaeus communisBombus lucorumAndrena proximaPieris napiBombus pascuorumBombus lapidariusAnthocomus fasciatusTenthredo mesomelaBombus rupestrisAndrena minutulaApis melliferaAndrena bicolorCurculio glandiumPapilio alexanorPapilio machaonPapilio hospitonChrysotoxum bicinctumEpisyrphus balteatusEupeodes corollaeEupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes lunigerMelanostoma mellinumPipizella viduataPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus clypeatusPlatycheirus manicatusPlatycheirus peltatusScaeva pyrastriSphaerophoria scriptaSyrphus ribesiiSyritta pipiensPlatycheirus granditarsusSyrphus vitripennisAndrena semilaevisMeliscaeva cinctellaPyrophaena granditarsaHelophilus pendulus
Host relationships
1 species use this plant as a host
Eupithecia virgaureata
Other flower visitors
24 other species visit the flowers
Rhagonycha fulvaAnthrenus verbasciAnaspis fasciataMalthodes marginatusAgriotes pallidulusScathophaga lutariaSiphona geniculataChloromyia formosaDelia radicumAlomya debellatorDelia nigrescensEmpis tessellataNabis flavomarginatusPachynematus fallaxStilpnus tenebricosusTipula varipennisScathophaga stercorariaMeligethes viridescensDilophus febrilisEriothrix rufomaculataMorellia aenescensPhaonia incanaEudasyphora cyanicolorPolietes domitor
Sources & data origin
•Cook et al. (2025) UK Butterfly & Moth Traits (DOI: 10.5285/dbc7cc17-cbbd-49dd-bab4-8e8855768d66)
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•Middleton-Welling_2020
•Mendeley_UK_2022
•pollinator_interactions
•FloraWeb / BfN
•EIVE 1.0 — Dengler et al. (2023), DOI: 10.3897/VCS.98324 (CC BY 4.0)
•EuPPollNet — Kuppler et al. (2025), DOI: 10.1111/geb.70000 (CC BY 4.0)
•Database of Pollinator Interactions (DoPI) — Pocock et al. (2022), DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3801 (CC BY)
•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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