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Hypericum hirsutum L. (Hairy St. John’s-wort)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Hypericum hirsutum Plant 24 July 2001 Oxon England 8
Hypericum hirsutum Plant 10 July 1977 East Sussex England 2
Hypericum hirsutum Plant 17 July 1971 East Sussex England 3

Suggested Literature

Hypericum hirsutum may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Hypericum hirsutum:

is parasitised by cleistothecium Erysiphe hyperici - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
is parasitised by conidial anamorph Erysiphe hyperici - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos flower flower is grazed by adult Chrysolina hyperici - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by nocturnal adult Chrysolina varians - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, caeomoid aecium Melampsora hypericorum - Tutsan Rust (Uredinales: Melampsoraceae) UK/Ireland Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, subepidermal telium Melampsora hypericorum - Tutsan Rust (Uredinales: Melampsoraceae) UK/Ireland Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by epiphyllous pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph Septoria hyperici - a leaf-spot fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf leaf is grazed by adult Chrysolina hyperici - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007

Hypericum hirsutum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Hypericum
(St. John's worts)

References

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
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966 British Rust Fungi

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