Jasione montana L.
(Sheep’s-bit)

Interactions where Jasione montana 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
is foodplant of larva Meligethes subrugosus a pollen beetle Coleoptera: Nitidulidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Nitidulidae/Meligethes subrugosus/Meligethes subrugosusa pollen beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Campanulaceae/Jasione montana/Jasione montanasheep’s-bit larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Cleopomiarus micros a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cleopomiarus micros/Cleopomiarus microsa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Campanulaceae/Jasione montana/Jasione montanasheep’s-bit larva feeds on
pollen is collected to provision nest of female UK/Ireland Dufourea halictula Sheep’s Bit Dufourea Hymenoptera: Halictidae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Halictidae/Dufourea halictula/Dufourea halictulasheep's bit dufoureafemale Foodplant / nestUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Campanulaceae/Jasione montana/Jasione montanasheep’s-bitpollen female provisions nest with pollen
is foodplant of UK/IrelandRestricted Strongylocoris luridus a plantbug or grassbug Hemiptera: Miridae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Strongylocoris luridus/Strongylocoris luridusa plantbug or grassbug Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Campanulaceae/Jasione montana/Jasione montanasheep’s-bitSole feeds on
(live) live may have Haplothrips jasionis a thrips Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Haplothrips jasionis/Haplothrips jasionisa thrips Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Campanulaceae/Jasione montana/Jasione montanasheep’s-bitlive may be found on live
(live) live is parasitised by telium Rare Puccinia campanulae a rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia campanulae/Puccinia campanulaea rusttelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Campanulaceae/Jasione montana/Jasione montanasheep’s-bitliveRare (6-8)telium parasitises live
involucral bract (dead) dead involucral bract is decayed by mainly hypophyllous, scattered or aggregated, blackish pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Septoria jasiones a leaf-spot fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria jasiones/Septoria jasionesa leaf-spot fungusmainly hypophyllous, scattered or aggregated, blackishpycnidiumSeptoria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Campanulaceae/Jasione montana/Jasione montanasheep’s-bitdeadinvolucral bract (8)mainly hypophyllous, scattered or aggregated, blackish pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead involucral bract
involucral bract (live) live involucral bract is parasitised by mainly hypophyllous, scattered or aggregated, blackish pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Septoria jasiones a leaf-spot fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria jasiones/Septoria jasionesa leaf-spot fungusmainly hypophyllous, scattered or aggregated, blackishpycnidiumSeptoria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Campanulaceae/Jasione montana/Jasione montanasheep’s-bitliveinvolucral bract (8)mainly hypophyllous, scattered or aggregated, blackish pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph parasitises live involucral bract
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by mainly hypophyllous, scattered or aggregated, blackish pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Septoria jasiones a leaf-spot fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria jasiones/Septoria jasionesa leaf-spot fungusmainly hypophyllous, scattered or aggregated, blackishpycnidiumSeptoria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Campanulaceae/Jasione montana/Jasione montanasheep’s-bitdeadleaf (8)mainly hypophyllous, scattered or aggregated, blackish pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mainly hypophyllous, scattered or aggregated, blackish pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Septoria jasiones a leaf-spot fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria jasiones/Septoria jasionesa leaf-spot fungusmainly hypophyllous, scattered or aggregated, blackishpycnidiumSeptoria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Campanulaceae/Jasione montana/Jasione montanasheep’s-bitliveleaf (8)mainly hypophyllous, scattered or aggregated, blackish pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph parasitises live leaf
stem stem may contain larva Napomyza hirticornis a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Napomyza hirticornis/Napomyza hirticornisa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Campanulaceae/Jasione montana/Jasione montanasheep’s-bitstem larva feeds within stem
stem stem is mined by larva Ophiomyia heringi a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia heringi/Ophiomyia heringia leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Campanulaceae/Jasione montana/Jasione montanasheep’s-bitstem larva mines stem
stem stem may house puparium Ophiomyia heringi a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia heringi/Ophiomyia heringia leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Campanulaceae/Jasione montana/Jasione montanasheep’s-bitstem puparium may be found in stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by scattered or aggregated, blackish pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Septoria jasiones a leaf-spot fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria jasiones/Septoria jasionesa leaf-spot fungusscattered or aggregated, blackishpycnidiumSeptoria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Campanulaceae/Jasione montana/Jasione montanasheep’s-bitdeadstem (8)scattered or aggregated, blackish pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by scattered or aggregated, blackish pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Septoria jasiones a leaf-spot fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria jasiones/Septoria jasionesa leaf-spot fungusscattered or aggregated, blackishpycnidiumSeptoria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Campanulaceae/Jasione montana/Jasione montanasheep’s-bitlivestem (8)scattered or aggregated, blackish pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph parasitises live stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Macdonald, M.A., 2007Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates
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
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Jasione montana (Sheep’s-bit) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesJasione montana (Sheep’s-bit)
GenusJasione (a genus of flowering plants)
FamilyCAMPANULACEAE (bellflowers)
OrderASTERALES (daisies, dandelions, thistles and bell flowers)
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 Jasione montana (Sheep’s-bit)

Jasione montana (Sheep’s-bit) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Jasione montana (Sheep’s-bit):

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