Prunella vulgaris L.
(Selfheal)

Interactions where Prunella 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 foodplant of larva Meligethes umbrosus 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 umbrosus/Meligethes umbrosusa pollen beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Prunella vulgaris/Prunella vulgarisselfheal larva feeds on
(live) live is parasitised by Foreign Golovinomyces biocellatus s. lat. a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Golovinomyces biocellatus s. lat./Golovinomyces biocellatus s. lat.a powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Prunella vulgaris/Prunella vulgarisselfheallive parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by pycnium Puccinia moliniae Purple Moor Grass Rust 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/Puccinia moliniae/Puccinia moliniaepurple moor grass rustpycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Prunella vulgaris/Prunella vulgarisselfheallive (6-7)pycnium parasitises live
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenousamphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, loose to dense caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph ForeignQuestionable Ramularia lamii var lamii an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia lamii var. lamii/Ramularia lamii var. lamiian anamorphic fungusamphigenousamphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, loose to densecaespituliRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerRelationship uncertainForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Prunella vulgaris/Prunella vulgarisselfhealliveleaf amphigenousamphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, loose to dense caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenousamphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, loose to dense caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia lamii var minor an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia lamii var. minor/Ramularia lamii var. minoran anamorphic fungusamphigenousamphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, loose to densecaespituliRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Prunella vulgaris/Prunella vulgarisselfhealliveleaf amphigenousamphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, loose to dense caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by numerous, immersed pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Septoria prunellae 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 prunellae/Septoria prunellaea leaf-spot fungusnumerous, immersedpycnidiumSeptoria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Prunella vulgaris/Prunella vulgarisselfhealliveleaf (8-10)numerous, immersed pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous aecium Puccinia moliniae Purple Moor Grass Rust 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/Puccinia moliniae/Puccinia moliniaepurple moor grass rusthypophyllousaecium Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Prunella vulgaris/Prunella vulgarisselfhealliveleaf (6-7)hypophyllous aecium causes spots on live leaf
peduncle (dead, blackened) dead, blackened peduncle is decayed by scattered, covered then erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Diaporthe desmazieri a pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Diaporthe desmazieri/Diaporthe desmazieria pyrenomycetescattered, covered then erumpentpycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Prunella vulgaris/Prunella vulgarisselfhealdead, blackenedpeduncle (5)scattered, covered then erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, blackened peduncle
peduncle (dead, blackened) dead, blackened peduncle is decayed by perithecium UK/Ireland Diaporthe desmazieri a pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Diaporthe desmazieri/Diaporthe desmazieria pyrenomyceteperithecium Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Prunella vulgaris/Prunella vulgarisselfhealdead, blackenedpeduncle (5)perithecium is saprobic on dead, blackened peduncle
root? root? is foodplant of larva Squamapion cineraceum a seed weevil Coleoptera: Apionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Squamapion cineraceum/Squamapion cineraceuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Prunella vulgaris/Prunella vulgarisselfhealroot? larva feeds on root?
stem (dead, blackened) dead, blackened stem is decayed by scattered, covered then erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Diaporthe desmazieri a pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Diaporthe desmazieri/Diaporthe desmazieria pyrenomycetescattered, covered then erumpentpycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Prunella vulgaris/Prunella vulgarisselfhealdead, blackenedstem (5)scattered, covered then erumpent pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, blackened stem
stem (dead, blackened) dead, blackened stem is decayed by perithecium UK/Ireland Diaporthe desmazieri a pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Diaporthe desmazieri/Diaporthe desmazieria pyrenomyceteperithecium Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Prunella vulgaris/Prunella vulgarisselfhealdead, blackenedstem (5)perithecium is saprobic on dead, blackened stem

Author & YearTitleSource
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
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
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., 1990Orthocerous WeevilsHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPrunella vulgaris (Selfheal)
GenusPrunella (Bot.) (selfheals)
FamilyLAMIACEAE (dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs)
OrderLAMIALES (dead-nettles, eye-brights, foxgloves and speedwells)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
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Prunella vulgaris (Selfheal) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Prunella vulgaris (Selfheal):

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