Scrophularia scorodonia L.
(Balm-leaved Figwort)

Interactions where Scrophularia scorodonia 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').

Filters:

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
leaf (upper) leaf (upper) is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Cionus scrophulariae Figwort Weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cionus scrophulariae/Cionus scrophulariaefigwort weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia scorodonia/Scrophularia scorodoniabalm-leaved figwortleaf (upper) larva grazes on leaf (upper)
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white caespituli of Ramularia anamorph Foreign Ramularia carneola an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia carneola/Ramularia carneolaan anamorphic fungusamphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish whitecaespituliRamularia anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia scorodonia/Scrophularia scorodoniabalm-leaved figwortliveleaf amphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white caespituli of Ramularia anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by pycnium Uromyces scrophulariae 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 scrophulariae/Uromyces scrophulariaea rust funguspycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia scorodonia/Scrophularia scorodoniabalm-leaved figwortliveleaf (7-9)pycnium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by telium Uromyces scrophulariae 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 scrophulariae/Uromyces scrophulariaea rust fungustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia scorodonia/Scrophularia scorodoniabalm-leaved figwortliveleaf (7-9)telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by clustered aecium Uromyces scrophulariae 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 scrophulariae/Uromyces scrophulariaea rust fungusclusteredaecium Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia scorodonia/Scrophularia scorodoniabalm-leaved figwortliveleaf (7-9)clustered aecium causes spots on live leaf
stem (just above soil level) (live) live stem (just above soil level) is parasitised by pycnium Uromyces scrophulariae 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 scrophulariae/Uromyces scrophulariaea rust funguspycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia scorodonia/Scrophularia scorodoniabalm-leaved figwortlivestem (just above soil level) (7-9)pycnium parasitises live stem (just above soil level)
stem (just above soil level) (live) live stem (just above soil level) is parasitised by clustered aecium Uromyces scrophulariae 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 scrophulariae/Uromyces scrophulariaea rust fungusclusteredaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia scorodonia/Scrophularia scorodoniabalm-leaved figwortlivestem (just above soil level) (7-9)clustered aecium parasitises live stem (just above soil level)
stem (just above soil level) (live) live stem (just above soil level) is parasitised by telium Uromyces scrophulariae 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 scrophulariae/Uromyces scrophulariaea rust fungustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Scrophularia scorodonia/Scrophularia scorodoniabalm-leaved figwortlivestem (just above soil level) (7-9)telium parasitises live stem (just above soil level)

Scrophularia scorodonia (Balm-leaved Figwort) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
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., 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
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesScrophularia scorodonia (Balm-leaved Figwort)
GenusScrophularia (figworts)
FamilySCROPHULARIACEAE (figworts and mulleins)
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Scrophularia scorodonia (Balm-leaved Figwort)

Scrophularia scorodonia (Balm-leaved Figwort) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Scrophularia scorodonia (Balm-leaved Figwort):

Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioInfo website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)