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Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medikus (Shepherd’s Purse)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Capsella bursa-pastoris Non-flowering 12 May 2001 Berks England 2
Capsella bursa-pastoris Plant 11 May 2001 Berks England 5 1
Capsella bursa-pastoris Plant 4 May 1974 South-east Yorkshire England 1
Capsella bursa-pastoris Plant 8 August 1971 East Sussex England 1

Suggested Literature

Capsella bursa-pastoris may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
BRASSICACEAE
(cabbages, cresses etc - formerly Cruciferae)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Capsella bursa-pastoris:

(live) live is parasitised by Erysiphe cruciferarum - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
is foodplant of larva Ceutorhynchus erysimi - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos green parts, young plant (live) live green parts of young plant is swollen by colony Albugo candida - White Blister Or White Rust Of Brassicaceae (Peronosporales: Albuginaceae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by adult Phaedon cochleariae - a mustard beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007 [nibble holes in leaf]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous colony Peronospora parasitica - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [yellow patches on upper surface]
leaf-mine (end of) leaf-mine (end of) may house puparium Chromatomyia horticola - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) UK/Ireland Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf is mined by larva Chromatomyia horticola - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) UK/Ireland Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine linear, whitish, both upper and lower surface]
root root may be infected by Rhizoctonia anamorph Helicobasidium purpureum - a ustilaginomycete (Helicobasidiaceae) Fox, R.T.V., 2006 [large areas of roots covered by felt-like bright purplish violet to cinnamon mycelium]
stem (live) live stem is swollen by colony Peronospora parasitica - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Capsella bursa-pastoris may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
BRASSICACEAE
(cabbages, cresses etc - formerly Cruciferae)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Fox, R.T.V., 2006 Fungal foes in your garden: 59. Violet root rot of Asparagus
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls

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