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Matricaria recutita L. (Scented Mayweed)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Matricaria recutita In flower 1 July 2001 Berks England 7 4
Matricaria recutita Plant 22 June 1972 North-east Yorkshire England 1

Suggested Literature

Matricaria recutita may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles - formerly Compositae)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Matricaria recutita:

Photos (live) live is parasitised by Podosphaera fusca - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) Foreign Ing, B., 1990
is foodplant of Microplontus rugulosus - a beetle (Coleoptera) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Apion confluens - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
capitulum capitulum may contain larva Pseudostyphlus pillumus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Bullock, J.A., 1992
capitulum capitulum may contain larva Trupanea stellata - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Foreign White, I.M., 1988

Matricaria recutita may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles - formerly Compositae)
Anthemideae
(a tribe of composites)
Matricaria
(a genus of mayweeds)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
White, I.M., 1988 Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

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