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Carduus crispus L. (Welted Thistle)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Carduus crispus Plant 17 July 1977 North Hampshire England 1
Carduus crispus Plant 9 July 1971 East Sussex England 2

Suggested Literature

Carduus crispus 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)
Cardueae
(“thistles”)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Carduus crispus:

Photos (live) live is parasitised by Golovinomyces cichoracearum - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) Foreign Ing, B., 1990
Photos (live) live is parasitised by Golovinomyces cichoracearum - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
(live) live is parasitised by pycnium Puccinia calcitrapae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by Puccinia cnici - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Questionable Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
is foodplant of larva Terellia serratulae - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) UK/Ireland White, I.M., 1988
Photos is foodplant of larva Urophora stylata - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Foreign Questionable White, I.M., 1988
capitulum capitulum is galled by larva Urophora solstitialis - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Foreign White, I.M., 1988
capitulum capitulum may contain larva Chaetostomella cylindrica - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Foreign White, I.M., 1988
Photos capitulum capitulum may contain larva Tephritis hyoscyami - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) UK/Ireland White, I.M., 1988
capitulum capitulum may contain larva Terellia winthemi - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) UK/Ireland Major White, I.M., 1988
Photos capitulum capitulum may contain larva Xyphosia miliaria - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Foreign White, I.M., 1988
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous telium Puccinia calcitrapae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous uredium Puccinia calcitrapae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by uredinoid, mostly epiphyllous aecium Puccinia calcitrapae - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Minor Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous telium Puccinia cnici-oleracei - Yarrow Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) UK/Ireland Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Ramularia anamorph Ramularia cardui - an anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes whitish or pale brown, often dark-bordered spots, 1-5mm diam.]
leaf (upper surface) (windowed) windowed leaf (upper surface) is grazed by larva Lema cyanella - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007 [larvae dorsally carry a cover of excrement]
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Lema cyanella - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
root root is foodplant of larva Cheilosia mutabilis - a hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae) Rotheray, G.E., 1993
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by scattered, immersed, neck erumpent pseudothecium Ophiobolus cirsii - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Carduus crispus 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)
Carduus
(a genus of thistles)

References

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
Rotheray, G.E., 1993 Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe
White, I.M., 1988 Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

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