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Scabiosa columbaria L. (Small Scabious)

Images etc

magnified photograph Seeds 500 by 400 pixels
magnified photograph Seeds 500 by 400 pixels

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Scabiosa columbaria 22 July 2004 North Hampshire England 10

Suggested Literature

Scabiosa columbaria may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
DIPSACACEAE
(scabiouses and teasels)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Scabiosa columbaria:

(live) live is parasitised by Erysiphe knautiae - Scabious Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) Foreign Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
anther (live) live anther may be infected and damaged by immersed sorus Bauhinus intermedius - Small Scabious Dark Smut (Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae) UK/Ireland Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Chromatomyia scabiosae - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf leaf is mined by larva Chromatomyia scabiosae - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine linear, upper surface, winding]
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by subepidermal pseudothecium Nodulosphaeria modesta - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Scabiosa columbaria may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Scabiosa
(scabiouses)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae

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