Lysimachia vulgaris L.
(Yellow Loosestrife)

Interactions where Lysimachia vulgaris 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 grazed by larva Tapinotus sellatus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Tapinotus sellatus/Tapinotus sellatusa weevillarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Primulaceae/Lysimachia vulgaris/Lysimachia vulgarisyellow loosestrife larva grazes on
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Restricted Galerucella sagittariae a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Galerucella sagittariae/Galerucella sagittariaea leaf beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Primulaceae/Lysimachia vulgaris/Lysimachia vulgarisyellow loosestrifeleafSole larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Restricted Galerucella sagittariae a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Galerucella sagittariae/Galerucella sagittariaea leaf beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Primulaceae/Lysimachia vulgaris/Lysimachia vulgarisyellow loosestrifeleafSole imago grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Major Monostegia abdominalis a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Monostegia abdominalis/Monostegia abdominalisa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Primulaceae/Lysimachia vulgaris/Lysimachia vulgarisyellow loosestrifeleafMajor larva grazes on leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia lysimachiae an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia lysimachiae/Ramularia lysimachiaean anamorphic fungusamphigenouscolonyRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Primulaceae/Lysimachia vulgaris/Lysimachia vulgarisyellow loosestrifeliveleaf amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by epiphyllous, scattered, blackish pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Septoria lysimachiae a leaf-spot fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria lysimachiae/Septoria lysimachiaea leaf-spot fungusepiphyllous, scattered, blackishpycnidiumSeptoria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Primulaceae/Lysimachia vulgaris/Lysimachia vulgarisyellow loosestrifeliveleaf (8-10)epiphyllous, scattered, blackish pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
pollen pollen is collected to provision nest of female UK/IrelandRestricted Macropis europaea Yellow Loosestrife Bee, Oil Collecting Bee Hymenoptera: Melittidae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Melittidae/Macropis europaea/Macropis europaeayellow loosestrife bee, oil collecting beefemale Foodplant / nestUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Primulaceae/Lysimachia vulgaris/Lysimachia vulgarisyellow loosestrifepollenSole female provisions nest with pollen
stem stem is foodplant of scattered, covered then erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phomopsis lysimachiae a coelomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Phomopsis lysimachiae/Phomopsis lysimachiaea coelomycetescattered, covered then erumpentpycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Primulaceae/Lysimachia vulgaris/Lysimachia vulgarisyellow loosestrifestem (4)scattered, covered then erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph feeds on stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Phragmocephala dematiaceous anamorph Phragmocephala elliptica a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Phragmocephala elliptica/Phragmocephala ellipticaa dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyPhragmocephala dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Primulaceae/Lysimachia vulgaris/Lysimachia vulgarisyellow loosestrifedeadstem (4-10)effuse colony of Phragmocephala dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1952Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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

Lysimachia vulgaris (Yellow Loosestrife) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLysimachia vulgaris (Yellow Loosestrife)
GenusLysimachia (yellow loosestrifes)
FamilyPRIMULACEAE (primroses, loosestrifes and pimpernels)
OrderERICALES (heaths, heathers, azaleas, primroses, loosestrifes and balsams)
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 Lysimachia vulgaris (Yellow Loosestrife)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Sanderson, N. 2006 Restoration of Transition Mires in the New Forest British Wildlife Vol 17, No. 3: 173-175.

Lysimachia vulgaris (Yellow Loosestrife) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lysimachia vulgaris (Yellow Loosestrife):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 14 images of Lysimachia vulgaris (Yellow Loosestrife)
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