Petasites fragrans (Vill.) C. Presl
(Winter Heliotrope)

Interactions where Petasites fragrans 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').

Filters:

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 mined by larva			Acidia cognata	Coltsfoot Fly	Diptera: Tephritidae	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Acidia cognata/	Acidia cognata	coltsfoot fly				larva	Foodplant / miner		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Petasites fragrans/	Petasites fragrans	winter heliotrope			leaf					larva mines leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph			Ramularia purpurascens	an anamorphic fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998 Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia purpurascens/	Ramularia purpurascens	an anamorphic fungus		amphigenous	colony	Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Petasites fragrans/	Petasites fragrans	winter heliotrope		live	leaf				(9)	amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
petiole (dead)		dead petiole is decayed by effuse colony of Chromelosporium anamorph			Chromelosporium ochraceum	an anamorphic fungus	Pezizales: Pezizaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pezizaceae/Chromelosporium ochraceum/	Chromelosporium ochraceum	an anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Chromelosporium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Petasites fragrans/	Petasites fragrans	winter heliotrope		dead	petiole					effuse colony of Chromelosporium anamorph is saprobic on dead petiole
petiole (dead)		dead petiole is decayed by effuse colony of Gliomastix dematiaceous anamorph			Gliomastix luzulae	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Hypocreales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Gliomastix luzulae/	Gliomastix luzulae	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Gliomastix dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Petasites fragrans/	Petasites fragrans	winter heliotrope		dead	petiole					effuse colony of Gliomastix dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead petiole
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Chromelosporium anamorph			Chromelosporium ochraceum	an anamorphic fungus	Pezizales: Pezizaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Pezizomycetes/Pezizales/Pezizaceae/Chromelosporium ochraceum/	Chromelosporium ochraceum	an anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Chromelosporium anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Petasites fragrans/	Petasites fragrans	winter heliotrope		dead	stem					effuse colony of Chromelosporium anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Gliomastix dematiaceous anamorph			Gliomastix luzulae	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Hypocreales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Gliomastix luzulae/	Gliomastix luzulae	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Gliomastix dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Petasites fragrans/	Petasites fragrans	winter heliotrope		dead	stem					effuse colony of Gliomastix dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Braun, U., 1998	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
White, I.M., 1988	Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Petasites fragrans (Winter Heliotrope) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Petasites
(butterburs)

Senecioneae
(a tribe of composites)

ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Petasites fragrans (Winter Heliotrope)
Genus	Petasites (butterburs)
Tribe	Senecioneae (a tribe of composites)
Subfamily	ASTEROIDEAE (“daisies”)
Family	ASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)
Order	ASTERALES (daisies, dandelions, thistles and bell flowers)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Petasites fragrans is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Asteraceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Petasites fragrans (Winter Heliotrope)

Petasites fragrans (Winter Heliotrope) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Petasites fragrans (Winter Heliotrope):

ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

BioImages

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