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Leucanthemum vulgare Lam. (Oxeye Daisy, Moon-daisy, Marguerite)

Wildlife Gardening A useful plant for the wildlife lawn, flowering May/June. If well established it will provide a sea of flowers which stay open all night and look wonderful by moonlight!

Images etc

magnified photograph Seeds 500 by 400 pixels
magnified photograph Seeds 500 by 400 pixels

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Leucanthemum vulgare In flower 22 June 2005 Berks England 7
Leucanthemum vulgare Plant 9 July 1971 East Sussex England 3

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos
Variety Leucanthemum vulgare (continental form) (an ox-eye daisy) 9

Suggested Literature

Leucanthemum vulgare 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 Leucanthemum vulgare:

is foodplant of Microplontus campestris - a beetle (Coleoptera) Bullock, J.A., 1992
may have adult Chrysolina marginata - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Foreign Cox, M.L., 2007
may have adult Cryptocephalus bilineatus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Foreign Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos capitulum capitulum may contain larva Acanthiophilus helianthi - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Foreign White, I.M., 1988
capitulum capitulum may contain larva Dioxyna bidentis - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Foreign Questionable White, I.M., 1988
Photos capitulum capitulum may contain larva Tephritis neesi - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) UK/Ireland White, I.M., 1988
flower (live) live flower is parasitised by Peronospora radii - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by Peronospora radii - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae) 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
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf has leaves shot holed by mostly epiphyllous pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph Septoria leucanthemi - a leaf-spot fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes round or irregular spots, up to 2cm diam., often confluent, sometimes zonate, brown becoming pale in centre, which sometimes falls out leaving a shot-hole]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by epiphyllous pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph Septoria chrysanthemella - a leaf-spot fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes buff or reddish brown spots with brown borders]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by mostly epiphyllous pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph Septoria leucanthemi - a leaf-spot fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes round or irregular spots, up to 2cm diam., often confluent, sometimes zonate, brown becoming pale in centre, which sometimes falls out leaving a shot-hole]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by epiphyllous pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph Septoria socia - a leaf-spot fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes chocolate brown or black spots, up to 5mm diam., often with reddish-purple borders]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by embedded chlamydospore Protomycopsis leucanthemi - an ascomycete fungus (Taphrinales: Protomycetaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes small, slightly swollen, pale yellow spots]
leaf (usually lower leaf) leaf (usually lower leaf) is mined by larva Phytomyza leucanthemi - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine irregularly linear, whitish, distinctly widening]
leaf leaf is mined by larva Trypeta artemisiae - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Foreign Questionable White, I.M., 1988
Photos leaf leaf is mined by larva Trypeta zoe - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Foreign Questionable White, I.M., 1988
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Longitarsus succineus - Chrysanthemum Flea Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Longitarsus succineus - Chrysanthemum Flea Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) UK/Ireland Bullock, J.A., 1992
pollen pollen is foodplant of adult Chrysolina marginata - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Questionable Cox, M.L., 2007
root root is galled by larva Oxyna nebulosa - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Foreign Restricted White, I.M., 1988
rootstock? rootstock? may contain larva Apion stolidum - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Morris, M.G., 1990
Bullock, J.A., 1992
stem stem may contain larva Melanagromyza eupatorii - 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
stem? stem? may contain larva Apion stolidum - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Morris, M.G., 1990
Bullock, J.A., 1992

Leucanthemum vulgare 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)

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
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., 1990 Orthocerous Weevils
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae
White, I.M., 1988 Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

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