BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Ononis spinosa L. (Spiny Restharrow)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos #microphotos
Ononis spinosa Plant 17 July 1999 Berks England 21 11
Ononis spinosa Plant 7 July 1971 East Sussex England 1
Ononis spinosa Plant 10 August 1968 East Sussex England 1

Suggested Literature

Ononis spinosa 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 Ononis spinosa:

is foodplant of larva Sitona ononidis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Hypera nigrirostris - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is parasitised by Erysiphe pisi var. cruchetiana - Restharrow Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
leaf leaf is mined by larva Liriomyza cicerina - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972 [shallow winding mine which may develop into a secondary blotch]
leaf leaf may have puparium Liriomyza cicerina - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972
pod (on unripe seeds) pod (on unripe seeds) may contain larva Apion ononis - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Morris, M.G., 1990
pod pod may contain larva Apion ononicola - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Morris, M.G., 1990 [1(2) larvae per pod]

Ononis spinosa may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
FABACEAE
(vetches, peas and beans - formerly Leguminosae or Papilionaceae)
Ononis
(restharrows)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Morris, M.G., 1990 Orthocerous Weevils
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae

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