BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Stachys officinalis (L.) Trev.St.Leon. (Betony)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Stachys officinalis In flower 9 July 2005 Oxon England 1
Stachys officinalis Plant 9 September 2003 West Cornwall England 36 4
Stachys officinalis Plant 29 August 1970 East Sussex England 1

Suggested Literature

Stachys officinalis 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 Stachys officinalis:

is foodplant of larva Meligethes pedicularius - a pollen beetle (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Pachyprotasis rapae - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1952
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous telium Puccinia betonicae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Stachys officinalis may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
LAMIACEAE
(dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs - formerly Labiatae)
Stachys
(woundworts)

References

Benson, R.B., 1952 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
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

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