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Achillea ptarmica L. (Sneezewort)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Achillea ptarmica In flower 20 August 2005 East Inverness-shire Scotland 9
Achillea ptarmica Plant 3 August 2002 Berks England 7 9
Achillea ptarmica Plant 10 August 1968 East Sussex England 1

Suggested Literature

Achillea ptarmica 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 ptarmica:

Photos (live) live is parasitised by Golovinomyces cichoracearum - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
capitulum capitulum is galled by larva Campiglossa argyrocephala - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) UK/Ireland Restricted White, I.M., 1988 [rosette-shaped gall]
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by apothecium Schizothyrioma aterrimum - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by apothecium Schizothyrioma ptarmicae - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous telium Puccinia cnici-oleracei - Yarrow Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
leaf leaf is mined by larva Liriomyza ptarmicae - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Spencer, K.A., 1972 [narrow linear mine commencing on lower surface]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Phytomyza corvimontana - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972 [linear mine, frequntly adjoining midrib]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Trypeta artemisiae - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) UK/Ireland White, I.M., 1988
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Chrysolina graminis - Tansy Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Foreign Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Chrysolina graminis - Tansy Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Foreign Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Cassida sanguinosa - a tortoise beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by apothecium Schizothyrioma aterrimum - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by apothecium Schizothyrioma ptarmicae - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Achillea ptarmica 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
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
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae
White, I.M., 1988 Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

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