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Torilis japonica
FamilyGenus: Torilisnon-native in Germany
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About this species
Torilis japonica is a native wild herbaceous plant of Great Britain, typically reaching 0.6 m in height. It bears broad leaves and produces flowers from June to August. It grows in partial shade on fresh, nutrient-rich, calcareous soils and is most often associated with tall forb communities.
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PollinationFlower visit
Ecological significance
A native wild plant of tall forb communities on fresh, calcareous, nutrient-rich soils; forms arbuscular mycorrhizas.
Annual cycle
Flowers from June to August.
Standort & Merkmale
Light
Halbschatten
Moisture
Frisch (Mäßig feucht)
Soil
Starkzehrer (Nährstoffreicher/Fetter Boden)
Flowering period
Jun – Aug
Soil reaction
Basisch / Kalkhold
Growth form
Krautige Pflanze
Woodiness
Nicht verholzt
Leaf type
Breitblättrig
Plant height
0.601 m
Morphological traits: TRY ID3 (CC BY 3.0) & TRY ID81 (CC BY)
Scientific profile
Torilis japonica is a terrestrial, non-woody herbaceous plant. It has a broad-leaved morphology and typically reaches a height of about 0.6 m. The flowering period runs from June to August. Ecologically, it is a plant of half-shade, occurring on fresh, moderately moist, nutrient-rich and strongly base-rich soils in moderately warm situations. It forms arbuscular mycorrhizal associations. The species is native in Great Britain; its Red List status has not been evaluated. Derived ecological indicator values place it primarily in tall forb communities, although field verification of habitat is lacking.
Pollinators & visitors
63 Arten interagieren mit dieser Pflanze
Andrena flavipesAndrena dorsataBombus sylvestrisSphecodes monilicornisHylaeus communisLeptidea sinapisAndrena subopacaAndrena minutuloidesAndrena minutulaManiola jurtinaEctemnius continuusAnthophila fabricianaBombus pascuorumPyronia tithonusHalictus tumulorumSphecodes ephippiusTenthredo nothaLasioglossum leucopusLasioglossum morioAmphipyra tragopoginisMelanargia galatheaEctemnius lituratusSphecodes geoffrellusOedemera nobilisPapilio machaonCantharis rufa (Linnaeus)Cerceris rybyensisMyathropa floreaSphaerophoria scriptaEristalis nemorumAndrena.dorsataAndrena.minutulaHylaeus.communisNomada.flavoguttataCheilosia paganaCheilosia impressaChrysotoxum bicinctumMelanostoma scalareNeoascia podagricaPlatycheirus rosarumNeoascia tenurHelophilus pendulusEristalis horticolaEristalis tenaxAndrena fabrellaParagus haemorrhousMelanostoma mellinumPlatycheirus albimanusEristalis arbustorumEpistrophe grossulariae
Other flower visitors
56 other species visit the flowers
Coccinella septempunctataAnaspis frontalisFormica fuscaoedemera luridaRhagonycha fulvaAnthrenus verbasciChrysolina oricalciaStenurella melanuraRutpela maculataParacorymbia maculicornisRhinophora lepidaDufouria chalybeataBithia spretaEpicampocera succinctaHerina lugubrisMordella leucaspisPhania funestaPhryxe vulgarisPollenia rudisPollenia angustigenaPollenia pediculataSarcophaga haemorrhoaSarcophaga subvicinaOscinella pusillaOscinella nitidissimaLucilia caesarSarcophaga nigriventrisDelia radicumSarcophaga dissimilisPhaedon cochleariaeCheilosia velutinaNeomyia cornicinaAnaspis pulicariaChloromyia formosaMorellia aenescensBrachicoma deviaPegoplata aestivaAnaspis garneysiAnaspis maculataCantharis lateralisCantharis crypticaBruchidius variusCrepidodera plutusAnaspis regimbartiAgriotes acuminatusAgriotes pallidulusMordellochroa abdominalisHylemya vagansCopromyza nigrinaCoenosia tigrina
Sources & data origin
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
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•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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