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Stellaria media (L.) Villars (Common Chickweed)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Stellaria media Plant 27 September 2001 Berks England 5 8
Stellaria media Plant 10 April 1971 East Norfolk England 2

Suggested Literature

Stellaria media 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 Stellaria media:

(live) live is parasitised by Peronospora alsinearum - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [Plants pale, stunted]
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium Puccinia arenariae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium Melampsorella caryophyllacearum - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniastraceae) Questionable Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous uredium Melampsorella caryophyllacearum - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniastraceae) Questionable Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by epiphyllous, numerous pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph Mycosphaerella isariophora - an ascomycete (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes whitish or pale brown spots]
leaf (upper), seedling (live) live leaf (upper) of seedling is parasitised by Peronospora alsinearum - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae) Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [Plants pale, stunted]
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Hypera diversipunctata - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
stem (live) live stem is spotted by numerous pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph Mycosphaerella isariophora - an ascomycete (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes whitish or pale brown spots]

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

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
CARYOPHYLLACEAE
(chickweeds, stitchworts and campions)
Stellaria
(chickweeds)

References

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
Morris, M.G., 2002 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae

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