BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Stellaria (chickweeds)

Subtaxa

Rank	Taxon
Species	Stellaria graminea L. (Lesser Stitchwort)	17	9			6
Species	Stellaria holostea L. (Greater Stitchwort)	9	13	6		7
Aggregate	Stellaria media agg. (L.) Vill. (chickweeds)
Species	Stellaria media (L.) Villars (Common Chickweed)	7	8			8
Species	Stellaria nemorum L. (Wood Stitchwort)					1
Species	Stellaria palustris Retz (Marsh Stitchwort)	3				1
Species	Stellaria uliginosa Murray (Bog Stitchwort)	6			2	6

Suggested Literature

Stellaria may be covered by literature listed under:

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Stellaria:

	flower	flower is grazed by larva	Hypera arator - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)		Morris, M.G., 2002
	leaf	leaf is galled by	Cecidophyopsis atrichus - a gall mite (Tarsonemoidea: Eriophyidae)		Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
	leaf	leaf is galled by larva	Macrolabis stellariae - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)		Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
	leaf	leaf is galled by	Brachycolus stellariae - an aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae)		Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
	leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Amauromyza flavifrons - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972 [white linear-blotch]
	leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata - Twenty-four-spot Ladybird (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)		Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989
	leaf	leaf is grazed by adult	Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata - Twenty-four-spot Ladybird (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)		Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989
	leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Hypera arator - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)		Morris, M.G., 2002
	root	root may be infected by Rhizoctonia anamorph	Helicobasidium purpureum - a ustilaginomycete (Helicobasidiaceae)		Fox, R.T.V., 2006 [large areas of roots covered by felt-like bright purplish violet to cinnamon mycelium]

Stellaria may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

References