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Linum catharticum L. (Fairy Flax, Purging Flax)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Linum catharticum In flower 1 July 2001 Berks England 3 9
Linum catharticum Plant 16 July 1977 North Hampshire England 3
Linum catharticum Plant 9 July 1971 East Sussex England 1
Linum catharticum Plant 30 June 1971 East Sussex England 1
Linum catharticum Plant 30 June 1968 East Sussex England 1

Suggested Literature

Linum catharticum 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 Linum catharticum:

Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by uredium Melampsora lini var. lini - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Melampsoraceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by telium Melampsora lini var. lini - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Melampsoraceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Rhogogaster chambersi - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Restricted Benson, R.B., 1952
seedling seedling may be infected and damaged by acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph Colletotrichum lini - a coelomycete (Phyllachorales: Phyllachoraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos stem (live) live stem is parasitised by telium Melampsora lini var. lini - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Melampsoraceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos stem (live) live stem is parasitised by uredium Melampsora lini var. lini - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Melampsoraceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Linum catharticum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Linum
(flaxes)

References

Benson, R.B., 1952 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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