Anthyllis vulneraria L.
(Kidney Vetch, Kidney-vetch, Ladies’ Fingers)

Interactions where Anthyllis vulneraria is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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
pollen is foodplant of adult Cryptocephalus aureolus a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus aureolus/Cryptocephalus aureolusa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/Anthyllis vulnerariakidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingerspollen (4-)5-6(-9)adult feeds on pollen
may have adult UK/IrelandMajor Cryptocephalus bilineatus a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus bilineatus/Cryptocephalus bilineatusa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/Anthyllis vulnerariakidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingersMajor (5-)6-9)adult may be found on
is foodplant of larva Major Otiorhynchus ligustici a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Otiorhynchus (Arammichnus) ligustici/Otiorhynchus (Arammichnus) ligusticia weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/Anthyllis vulnerariakidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingersMajor larva feeds on
is foodplant of imago Charagmus griseus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Charagmus griseus/Charagmus griseusa weevilimago Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/Anthyllis vulnerariakidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingers imago feeds on
is foodplant of larva Sitona gemellatus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Sitona gemellatus/Sitona gemellatusa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/Anthyllis vulnerariakidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingers larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Tychius schneideri a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Tychius schneideri/Tychius schneideria weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/Anthyllis vulnerariakidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingers larva feeds on
(live) live is foodplant of male Odontothrips loti a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Odontothrips loti/Odontothrips lotia thripsmale Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/Anthyllis vulnerariakidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingerslive (4,6-8)male feeds on live
(live) live is foodplant of female Odontothrips loti a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Odontothrips loti/Odontothrips lotia thripsfemale Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/Anthyllis vulnerariakidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingerslive (6-9)female feeds on live
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium UK/Ireland Erysiphe trifolii a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe trifolii/Erysiphe trifoliia powdery mildewcleistothecium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/Anthyllis vulnerariakidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingerslive cleistothecium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph UK/Ireland Erysiphe trifolii a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe trifolii/Erysiphe trifoliia powdery mildewconidial anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/Anthyllis vulnerariakidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingerslive conidial anamorph parasitises live
(live) live plant may be infected and damaged by buried sclerotium Sclerotinia trifoliorum a discomycete Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae Sclerotinia trifoliorum, Williams, M.A.J. & Spooner, B.M., 1991
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Sclerotinia trifoliorum/Sclerotinia trifolioruma discomyceteburiedsclerotium Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/Anthyllis vulnerariakidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingersliveplant buried sclerotium infects and damages live plant
flower (live) live flower is foodplant of larva Odontothrips loti a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Odontothrips loti/Odontothrips lotia thripslarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/Anthyllis vulnerariakidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingersliveflower (7-8)larva feeds on live flower
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Hypera venusta a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera (Hypera) venusta/Hypera (Hypera) venustaa weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/Anthyllis vulnerariakidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingersleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph Cercospora radiata a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Cercospora radiata/Cercospora radiataa dematiaceous anamorphic fungusamphigenouscolonyCercospora dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/Anthyllis vulnerariakidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingersliveleaf amphigenous colony of Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium Uromyces anthyllidis a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces anthyllidis/Uromyces anthyllidisa rust fungusamphigenousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/Anthyllis vulnerariakidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingersliveleaf amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous telium Uromyces anthyllidis a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces anthyllidis/Uromyces anthyllidisa rust fungusamphigenoustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/Anthyllis vulnerariakidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingersliveleaf amphigenous telium parasitises live leaf
root root is foodplant of larva Charagmus griseus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Charagmus griseus/Charagmus griseusa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/Anthyllis vulnerariakidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingersroot larva feeds on root
sepal sepal is mined by larva Restricted Phytomyza brischkei a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza brischkei/Phytomyza brischkeia leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/Anthyllis vulnerariakidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingerssepalSole larva mines sepal

Anthyllis vulneraria (Kidney Vetch, Kidney-vetch, Ladies’ Fingers) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Morris, M.G., 1997Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17a, 106pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Morris, M.G., 2002True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to SmicronychinaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976ThysanopteraHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, part 11, 79pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Williams, M.A.J. & Spooner, B.M., 1991Sclerotinia trifoliorumI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1084.
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAnthyllis vulneraria (Kidney Vetch, Kidney-vetch, Ladies’ Fingers)
GenusAnthyllis (a genus of flowering plants)
FamilyFABACEAE (vetches, peas, beans, accacias, wattles and sennas)
OrderFABALES (vetches, peas, beans and milkworts)
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 Anthyllis vulneraria (Kidney Vetch, Kidney-vetch, Ladies’ Fingers)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Akleroyd, J.R. Anthyllis vulneraria Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Anthyllis vulneraria (Kidney Vetch, Kidney-vetch, Ladies’ Fingers) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Anthyllis vulneraria (Kidney Vetch, Kidney-vetch, Ladies’ Fingers):

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