BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Onobrychis viciifolia Scop. (Sainfoin)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Onobrychis viciifolia Plant 31 July 1999 Berks England 13
Onobrychis viciifolia Plant 25 June 1977 Surrey England 1
Onobrychis viciifolia Plant 30 June 1971 E. Sussex England 2

Suggested Literature

Onobrychis viciifolia may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Onobrychis viciifolia:

(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium Erysiphe trifolii - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph Erysiphe trifolii - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
(live) live is parasitised by telium Uromyces pisi-sativi - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
is foodplant of larva Bruchidius olivaceus - a seed beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Apion ebeninum - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of larva Sitona macularius - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Major Bullock, J.A., 1992
may house apothecium Sclerotinia trifoliorum - a discomycete (Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [arise from buried sclerotia in round bare patches among sizeable colonies of the host plant]
flower? flower? is galled by larva Apion reflexum - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Restricted Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous uredium Uromyces pisi-sativi - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by immersed pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Ascochyta orobi - a coelomycete Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes pale spots with dark brown borders]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Ramularia anamorph Ramularia onobrychidis - an anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes round, brown spots, 1-5mm diam. Attacked leaves are killed and fall readily]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by scattered pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph Septoria orobina - a leaf-spot fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes irregular, ochraceous, dark-bordered spots]
leaf leaf is grazed by Hypera venusta - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Minor Morris, M.G., 2002
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Nematus myosotidis - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1958
plant (live) live plant may be infected and damaged by buried sclerotium Sclerotinia trifoliorum - a discomycete (Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem stem may contain larva Apion intermedium - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992

Onobrychis viciifolia may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
FABACEAE
(vetches, peas and beans - formerly Leguminosae or Papilionaceae)

References

Benson, R.B., 1958 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)
Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Morris, M.G., 2002 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae