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Senecio jacobaea L. (Common Ragwort)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Senecio jacobaea In flower 22 July 2005 Berks England 11
Senecio jacobaea In flower 1 July 2001 Berks England 14 3
Senecio jacobaea Plant 18 July 2000 Berks England 6
Senecio jacobaea Plant 16 August 1975 West Sussex England 3
Senecio jacobaea Plant 7 August 1970 East Sussex England 1

Suggested Literature

Senecio jacobaea 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 Senecio jacobaea:

Photos (live) live is parasitised by Podosphaera fusca - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
(live) live is parasitised by Podosphaera xanthii - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos (live) live is parasitised by uredium Coleosporium tussilaginis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Coleosporiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos (live) live is parasitised by subepidermal telium Coleosporium tussilaginis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Coleosporiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by aecium Puccinia dioicae var. schoeleriana - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by pycnium Puccinia dioicae var. schoeleriana - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by telium Puccinia glomerata - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
capitulum capitulum is swollen by larva Noeeta pupillata - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Foreign White, I.M., 1988
capitulum capitulum may contain larva Ensina sonchi - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Foreign Questionable White, I.M., 1988
capitulum capitulum may contain larva Icterica westermanni - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) UK/Ireland White, I.M., 1988
capitulum capitulum may contain larva Sphenella marginata - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) UK/Ireland White, I.M., 1988
capitulum capitulum may contain larva Trupanea stellata - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) UK/Ireland Major White, I.M., 1988
capitulum capitulum is visited for nectar and/or pollen by adult Physocephala rufipes - a thick-headed fly (Diptera: Conopidae) Smith, K.G.V., 1969
Photos capitulum capitulum is visited for nectar and/or pollen by imago Drymeia hamata - a muscid fly (Diptera: Muscidae) Major d’Assis-Fonseca, E.C.M., 1968
Photos flower flower is visited for nectar and/or pollen by adult Conops - a genus of thick-headed flies (Diptera: Conopidae) Smith, K.G.V., 1969
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by velvety colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph Alternaria dennisii - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by telium Puccinia lagenophorae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by aecium Puccinia lagenophorae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by mostly hypophyllous colony of Ramularia anamorph Ramularia pruinosa - an anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes angular, pale brown spots 2-4mm diam.]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by epiphyllous, immersed pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph Septoria senecionis-silvaticae - a leaf-spot fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes pale brown, sometimes dark-bordered spots]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Liriomyza erucifolii - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972 [irregular linear mine, normally adjoining margin]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Phytomyza alpina - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine irregularly linear, long, wide towards end]
Photos leaf leaf is mined by larva Trypeta zoe - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) UK/Ireland White, I.M., 1988
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Longitarsus gracilis - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Kevan D.K., 1967
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Longitarsus gracilis - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Kevan D.K., 1967
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Longitarsus jacobaeae - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Kevan D.K., 1967
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Longitarsus jacobaeae - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Restricted Kevan D.K., 1967
Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf may have puparium Phytomyza alpina - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972
Photos root root is foodplant of larva Cheilosia bergenstammi - a hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae) Rotheray, G.E., 1993
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by pseudothecium Leptosphaeria ogilviensis - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Kalmusia clivensis - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Montagnulaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Nodulosphaeria derasa - a fungus (Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by colony of Stachybotrys dematiaceous anamorph Stachybotrys dichroa - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [usually about soil level while stem is still standing, more widespread when laying on ground]
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by velvety colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph Alternaria dennisii - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem mine stem mine may house puparium Ophiomyia senecionina - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972
Photos stem stem is foodplant of larva Cheilosia bergenstammi - a hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae) Rotheray, G.E., 1993
stem stem may contain larva Melanagromyza aeneoventris - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972
stem stem may contain larva Melanagromyza dettmeri - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972
stem stem may contain larva Melanagromyza eupatorii - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972
stem stem is mined by larva Ophiomyia senecionina - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972
stem stem may house puparium Melanagromyza aeneoventris - 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
stem stem may house puparium Melanagromyza eupatorii - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972

Senecio jacobaea 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)
Senecio
(ragworts)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
d’Assis-Fonseca, E.C.M., 1968 Diptera: Cyclorrapha Calyptrata Sect (b) Muscidae
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Kevan D.K., 1967 The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae)
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Rotheray, G.E., 1993 Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe
Smith, K.G.V., 1969 Diptera: Conopidae
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae
White, I.M., 1988 Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

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