BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Ballota nigra L. (Black Horehound)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Ballota nigra In flower 9 July 2005 Oxon England 24
Ballota nigra Plant 22 June 1971 East Norfolk England 1
Ballota nigra Plant 7 August 1970 East Sussex England 1

Suggested Literature

Ballota nigra 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 Ballota nigra:

(live) live is parasitised by Neoerysiphe galeopsidis - Labiate Powdery Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Minor Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
is foodplant of larva Dibolia cynoglossi - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Meligethes ruficornis - a pollen beetle (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is mined by larva Amauromyza labiatorum - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972 [linear-blotch mine]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Amauromyza morionella - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972 [linear mine, becoming a blotch from second instar]
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Chrysolina banksi - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Chrysolina banksi - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Longitarsus ballotae - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Longitarsus ballotae - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf may have puparium Amauromyza morionella - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by erumpent pseudothecium Leptosphaeria doliolum - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by pseudothecium Ophiobolus ulnosporus - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by erumpent apothecium Pyrenopeziza adenostylidis - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by gregarious, shortly stalked apothecium Calycina herbarum - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by subcuticular to erumpent conidioma of Pseudolachnea coelomycetous anamorph Pseudolachnea hispidula - a coelomycete Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead, patchily blackened) dead, patchily blackened stem is decayed by effuse colony of Periconia dematiaceous anamorph Periconia byssoides - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Ballota nigra 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)

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
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae

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