Stellaria L.
(chickweeds)

Interactions where Stellaria 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
flower		flower is grazed by larva			Hypera arator	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera (Hypera) arator/	Hypera (Hypera) arator	a weevil				larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria/	Stellaria	chickweeds			flower					larva grazes on flower
leaf		leaf is galled by			Cecidophyopsis atrichus	a gall mite	Trombidiformes: Eriophyidae	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Eriophyidae/Cecidophyopsis atrichus/	Cecidophyopsis atrichus	a gall mite					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria/	Stellaria	chickweeds			leaf					causes gall of leaf
leaf		leaf is grazed by adult			Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata	Twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot Ladybird, Hairy Ladybird	Coleoptera: Coccinellidae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata/	Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata	twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot ladybird, hairy ladybird				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria/	Stellaria	chickweeds			leaf		Major			adult grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is grazed by larva			Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata	Twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot Ladybird, Hairy Ladybird	Coleoptera: Coccinellidae	Ladybirds, Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Coccinellidae/Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata/	Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata	twenty-four-spot Ladybird, 24-spot ladybird, hairy ladybird				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria/	Stellaria	chickweeds			leaf		Major			larva grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is grazed by larva			Hypera arator	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera (Hypera) arator/	Hypera (Hypera) arator	a weevil				larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria/	Stellaria	chickweeds			leaf					larva grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is mined by larva			Amauromyza flavifrons	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Amauromyza flavifrons/	Amauromyza flavifrons	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria/	Stellaria	chickweeds			leaf					larva mines leaf
leaf		leaf is galled by larva			Macrolabis stellariae	a gall midge	Diptera: Cecidomyiidae	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/Macrolabis stellariae/	Macrolabis stellariae	a gall midge				larva	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria/	Stellaria	chickweeds			leaf					larva causes gall of leaf
leaf		leaf is galled by			Brachycolus stellariae	an aphid	Hemiptera: Aphididae	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Brachycolus stellariae/	Brachycolus stellariae	an aphid					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria/	Stellaria	chickweeds			leaf					causes gall of leaf
root		root may be infected and damaged by Rhizoctonia anamorph			Helicobasidium purpureum	Violet Root Rot - causative organism	Helicobasidiales: Helicobasidiaceae	Fungal foes in your garden no 59: Violet root rot of Asparagus, Fox, R.T.V., 2006	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Helicobasidiales/Helicobasidiaceae/Helicobasidium purpureum/	Helicobasidium purpureum	violet root rot (causative organism)				Rhizoctonia anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Stellaria/	Stellaria	chickweeds			root					Rhizoctonia anamorph infects and damages root

Stellaria (chickweeds) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CARYOPHYLLACEAE
(chickweeds, stitchworts and campions, carnation)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Fox, R.T.V., 2006	Fungal foes in your garden no 59: Violet root rot of Asparagus	Mycologist Vol 19 (1): 46-47.
Majerus, M. & Kearns, P., 1989	Ladybirds	Naturalists’ Handbooks, 10, 103pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Morris, M.G., 2002	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls	95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Stellaria alsine Bog Stitchwort				Species		9 trophisms	2 references
Stellaria graminea Lesser Stitchwort				Species		15 trophisms
Stellaria holostea Greater Stitchwort				Species		11 trophisms
Stellaria media Common Chickweed				Species		14 trophisms
Stellaria nemorum Wood Stitchwort				Species		4 trophisms
Stellaria palustris Marsh Stitchwort				Species		3 trophisms
[Stellaria media agg.] chickweeds				Informal	1 subtaxa	14 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Stellaria (chickweeds)
Family	CARYOPHYLLACEAE (chickweeds, stitchworts and campions, carnation)
Order	CARYOPHYLLALES (pinks, goosefoots and docks)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Stellaria is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Caryophyllaceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Stellaria (chickweeds)

Stellaria (chickweeds) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Stellaria (chickweeds):

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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