Mentha arvensis x aquatica = M. x verticillata L.
(whorled mint)

Interactions where Mentha arvensis x aquatica = M. x verticillata is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Foreign Chrysolina herbacea Mint Leaf Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina herbacea/Chrysolina herbaceamint leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha arvensis x aquatica = M. x verticillata/Mentha arvensis x aquatica = M. x verticillatawhorled mintleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, loose to dense caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia lamii var lamii an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia lamii var. lamii/Ramularia lamii var. lamiian anamorphic fungusamphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, loose to densecaespituliRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha arvensis x aquatica = M. x verticillata/Mentha arvensis x aquatica = M. x verticillatawhorled mintliveleaf amphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, loose to dense caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
stem (live) live stem is galled by UK/Ireland Physoderma menthae a chytridiomycete fungus Blastocladiales: Physodermataceae A mint disease new to Britain, Dennis, R.W.G. & Gilbert, J.L., 1963
 /Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Blastocladiales/Physodermataceae/Physoderma menthae/Physoderma menthaea chytridiomycete fungus Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha arvensis x aquatica = M. x verticillata/Mentha arvensis x aquatica = M. x verticillatawhorled mintlivestem causes gall of live stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Dennis, R.W.G. & Gilbert, J.L., 1963A mint disease new to BritainKew Bulletin vol 16 (3): 391.

Mentha arvensis x aquatica = M. x verticillata (whorled mint) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Species hybridMentha arvensis x aquatica = M. x verticillata (whorled mint)
GenusMentha (mints)
FamilyLAMIACEAE (dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs)
OrderLAMIALES (dead-nettles, eye-brights, foxgloves and speedwells)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Mentha arvensis x aquatica = M. x verticillata (whorled mint)

Mentha arvensis x aquatica = M. x verticillata (whorled mint) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Mentha arvensis x aquatica = M. x verticillata (whorled mint):

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