BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Filago vulgaris Lam. (Common Cudweed)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Filago vulgaris In flower 24 June 2001 Berks England 3 5
Filago vulgaris Plant 29 July 1971 South Devon England 1

Suggested Literature

Filago vulgaris 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 Filago vulgaris:

is foodplant of larva Olibrus pygmaeus - a smut beetle (Coleoptera: Phalacridae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
flower flower is galled by larva Apion brunnipes - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Morris, M.G., 1990
leaf leaf is galled by larva Apion brunnipes - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Morris, M.G., 1990

Filago vulgaris 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)
Filago
(a genus of cudweeds)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Morris, M.G., 1990 Orthocerous Weevils

Creative Commons License
Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioImages website by
Malcolm Storey is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales