Matricaria chamomilla L.
(Scented Mayweed)

Interactions where Matricaria chamomilla 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 Microplontus melanostigma a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Microplontus melanostigma/Microplontus melanostigmaa weevil Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Matricaria chamomilla/Matricaria chamomillascented mayweed feeds on
is foodplant of larva Diplapion confluens a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Diplapion confluens/Diplapion confluensa seed weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Matricaria chamomilla/Matricaria chamomillascented mayweed larva feeds on
is foodplant of Foreign Metopoplax ditomoides a ground bug Hemiptera: Lygaeidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Metopoplax ditomoides/Metopoplax ditomoidesa ground bug Foodplant / feeds onForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Matricaria chamomilla/Matricaria chamomillascented mayweed feeds on
(live) live is parasitised by sporangium UK/Ireland Peronospora radii a downy mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora radii/Peronospora radiia downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Matricaria chamomilla/Matricaria chamomillascented mayweedlive sporangium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by colony of sporangium UK/Ireland Peronospora radii a downy mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Fungal Records Database of Britain and Ireland, Cooper, J. & Kirk, P.M.
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora radii/Peronospora radiia downy mildewcolonysporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Matricaria chamomilla/Matricaria chamomillascented mayweedlive colony of sporangium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by Foreign Podosphaera fusca a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Podosphaera fusca/Podosphaera fuscaa powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Matricaria chamomilla/Matricaria chamomillascented mayweedlive parasitises live
capitulum capitulum may contain gregarious larva UK/Ireland Pseudostyphlus pillumus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Pseudostyphlus pillumus/Pseudostyphlus pillumusa weevilgregariouslarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Matricaria chamomilla/Matricaria chamomillascented mayweedcapitulum gregarious larva feeds within capitulum
capitulum capitulum may contain larva Foreign Trupanea stellata Star-winged Ragwort Fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Trupanea stellata/Trupanea stellatastar-winged ragwort flylarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Matricaria chamomilla/Matricaria chamomillascented mayweedcapitulum larva feeds within capitulum
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia matricariae (An Anamorphic Fungus) Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia matricariae/Ramularia matricariae(an anamorphic fungus)colonyRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Matricaria chamomilla/Matricaria chamomillascented mayweedliveleaf colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph parasitises live leaf
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by scattered, immersed, brownish or honey-coloured pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ascochyta matricariae a coelomycete Pleosporales British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta matricariae/Ascochyta matricariaea coelomycetescattered, immersed, brownish or honey-colouredpycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Matricaria chamomilla/Matricaria chamomillascented mayweeddeadstem (6-7)scattered, immersed, brownish or honey-coloured pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by gregarius, more or less linearly arranged, immersed, then erumpent pycnidium of Phompsis coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phomopsis lirellata 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 lirellata/Phomopsis lirellataa coelomycetegregarius, more or less linearly arranged, immersed, then erumpentpycnidiumPhompsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Matricaria chamomilla/Matricaria chamomillascented mayweeddeadstem (3)gregarius, more or less linearly arranged, immersed, then erumpent pycnidium of Phompsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia matricariae (An Anamorphic Fungus) Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia matricariae/Ramularia matricariae(an anamorphic fungus)colonyRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Matricaria chamomilla/Matricaria chamomillascented mayweedlivestem colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph parasitises live stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Cooper, J. & Kirk, P.M.Fungal Records Database of Britain and Irelandwww.fieldmycology.net/GBCHKLST/gbchklst.asp
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
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
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
Preece, T.F., 2002A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles33pp, British Mycological Society
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
White, I.M., 1988Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Matricaria chamomilla (Scented Mayweed) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMatricaria chamomilla (Scented Mayweed)
GenusMatricaria (a genus of mayweeds)
TribeAnthemideae (a tribe of composites)
SubfamilyASTEROIDEAE (“daisies”)
FamilyASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)
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 Matricaria chamomilla (Scented Mayweed)

Matricaria chamomilla (Scented Mayweed) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Matricaria chamomilla (Scented Mayweed):

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