Serradella
Ornithopus sativus
- Flowering period
- June–August
- Nectar
- mittel
- Pollen
- mittel
Serradella flowers from June to August and provides nectar and pollen in the medium range. Its pea-family flowers have a tripping mechanism and are typically pollinated by hymenopterans. It grows on sandy, low-lime soils where other forage plants fail and serves as a forage crop, green manure and catch crop. Because it is now grown only rarely in Germany, today it yields at most a secondary flow.
Sources (5)
- Trachtpflanzen-Katalog Bienenroute: Echte Serradella
- Nektar- und Pollenwert-Liste, Wiki der Bienenzeitung
- Serradella (Ornithopus sativus), Wikipedia
- Serradella, Hortipendium
- Filipiak, Walczyńska, Denisow, Petanidou, Ziółkowska (2022): Phenology and production of pollen, nectar and sugar in 1612 plant species from various environments