BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Glechoma hederacea L. (Ground-ivy)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Glechoma hederacea Plant 16 April 2000 Berks England 4 13
Glechoma hederacea Plant 25 April 1971 (Norfolk) England 1

Suggested Literature

Glechoma hederacea 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 Glechoma hederacea:

(live) live is galled by larva Dasineura glechomae - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph Erysiphe biocellata - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Minor Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium Erysiphe biocellata - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Minor Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by abundant conidia of conidial anamorph Neoerysiphe galeopsidis - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium Neoerysiphe galeopsidis - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
is foodplant of larva Meligethes ovatus - a pollen beetle (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf (live) live leaf is galled by larva Rondaniola bursaria - Lighthouse Gall (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf (live) live leaf is galled by larva Liposthenes latreillei - a gall wasp (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf (live) live leaf is galled by hypophyllous telium Puccinia glechomatis - Ground-ivy Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [sometimes on brown spots]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous colony of Ramularia anamorph Ramularia calcea - an anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes white spots with narrow brown borders]
leaf (underside) leaf (underside) is grazed by gregarious larva Athalia lineolata - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1952
leaf leaf is mined by larva Phytomyza glechomae - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine linear, whitish, often forming a secondary blotch]
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Longitarsus fowleri - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
petiole (live) live petiole is galled by telium Puccinia glechomatis - Ground-ivy Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [sometimes on brown spots]
stem (live) live stem is galled by larva Liposthenes latreillei - a gall wasp (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
stem (live) live stem is galled by telium Puccinia glechomatis - Ground-ivy Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986

Glechoma hederacea 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

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
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls