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Achillea millefolium L. (Yarrow)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Achillea millefolium In bud 19 June 2005 Berks England 2
Achillea millefolium Plant 25 August 2001 Berks England 12 4
Achillea millefolium Plant 17 July 1971 East Sussex England 1 1
Achillea millefolium Plant 7 August 1970 East Sussex England 1

Suggested Literature

Achillea millefolium may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles - formerly Compositae)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Achillea millefolium:

Photos (live) live is parasitised by Golovinomyces cichoracearum - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
is foodplant of Microplontus triangulum - a beetle (Coleoptera) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Olibrus millefolii - a smut beetle (Coleoptera: Phalacridae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Trichosirocalus barnevillei - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is mined by larva Liriomyza hampsteadensis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Questionable Spencer, K.A., 1972
capitulum capitulum may contain larva Trupanea amoena - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Foreign Questionable White, I.M., 1988
flower flower is associate of adult Bruchidius villosus - a seed beetle (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by larva Chrysolina marginata - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by nocturnal adult Chrysolina marginata - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by adult Chrysolina staphylaea - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by larva Chrysolina staphylaea - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous telium Puccinia cnici-oleracei - Yarrow Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [on rather indistinct spots]
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by sorus Entyloma achilleae - a smut fungus (Entylomatales: Entylomataceae) UK/Ireland Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf leaf is mined by larva Liriomyza ptarmicae - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972 [irregular linear mine]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Phytomyza pullula - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mining even the finest subdivisions]
plant base plant base may have diurnal adult Chrysolina marginata - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Cox, M.L., 2007
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]
root root is galled by larva Oxyna flavipennis - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) UK/Ireland White, I.M., 1988
root root is parasitised by underground tuber Orobanche purpurea - Yarrow Broomrape (Orobanchaceae) Major Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985
Stace, C., 1997
stem (base) stem (base) is galled by larva Dithryca guttularis - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) UK/Ireland Restricted White, I.M., 1988
stem (upper) stem (upper) is mined by larva Liriomyza flavopicta - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972 [narrow stem-mine in upper stem below inflorescence]
stem stem may contain larva Melanagromyza dettmeri - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972
stem stem may house puparium Melanagromyza dettmeri - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972

Achillea millefolium may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles - formerly Compositae)
Anthemideae
(a tribe of composites)
Achillea
(yarrows and milfoils)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985 Flora of the British Isles
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
Fox, R.T.V., 2006 Fungal foes in your garden: 59. Violet root rot of Asparagus
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae
Stace, C., 1997 New Flora of the British Isles (Ed 2)
White, I.M., 1988 Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

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