Teucrium scorodonia L.
(Wood Sage)

Interactions where Teucrium 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 '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 obscurus 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 obscurus/Meligethes obscurusa pollen beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Teucrium scorodonia/Teucrium scorodoniawood sage larva feeds on
is foodplant of pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ascochyta teucrii a coelomycete Pleosporales Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta teucrii/Ascochyta teucriia coelomycetepycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Teucrium scorodonia/Teucrium scorodoniawood sage pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph feeds on
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/IrelandRestricted Longitarsus membranaceus Wood Sage Flea Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae), Kevan D.K., 1967
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus membranaceus/Longitarsus membranaceuswood sage flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Teucrium scorodonia/Teucrium scorodoniawood sageleafSole larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by adult UK/Ireland Longitarsus membranaceus Wood Sage Flea Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae), Kevan D.K., 1967
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Longitarsus membranaceus/Longitarsus membranaceuswood sage flea beetleadult Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Teucrium scorodonia/Teucrium scorodoniawood sageleaf adult grazes on leaf
leaf (fading) fading leaf is spotted by few, epiphyllous, punctiform, brownish pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Septoria scorodoniae 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 scorodoniae/Septoria scorodoniaea leaf-spot fungusfew, epiphyllous, punctiform, brownishpycnidiumSeptoria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Teucrium scorodonia/Teucrium scorodoniawood sagefadingleaf (7-8)few, epiphyllous, punctiform, brownish pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by epiphyllous, gregarious or scattered, covered pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phyllosticta teucrii a coelomycete Botryosphaeriales: Phyllostictaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Phyllostictaceae/Phyllosticta teucrii/Phyllosticta teucriia coelomyceteepiphyllous, gregarious or scattered, coveredpycnidiumPhyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Teucrium scorodonia/Teucrium scorodoniawood sageliveleaf epiphyllous, gregarious or scattered, covered pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by valdensia anamorph UK/Ireland Valdensia heterodoxa an anamorphic fungus Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae Plant parasitic hyphomycetes new to Britain (NBR 226-228), Mulenko, W. & Woodward, S., 1996
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Valdensia heterodoxa/Valdensia heterodoxaan anamorphic fungusvaldensia anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Teucrium scorodonia/Teucrium scorodoniawood sageliveleaf valdensia anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous telium Restricted Puccinia annularis Wood Sage 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 annularis/Puccinia annulariswood sage rusthypophylloustelium Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Teucrium scorodonia/Teucrium scorodoniawood sageliveleafSole (7-10)hypophyllous telium causes spots on live leaf
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by long stalked apothecium Lachnum virgineum Snowy Disco Helotiales: Lachnaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Lachnaceae/Lachnum virgineum/Lachnum virgineumsnowy discolong stalkedapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Teucrium scorodonia/Teucrium scorodoniawood sagedeadstem (2-8)long stalked apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (patchily blackened, dead) patchily blackened, dead stem is decayed by sessile or subsessile apothecium Calycellina chlorinella a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Calycellina chlorinella/Calycellina chlorinellaa discomycetesessile or subsessileapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Teucrium scorodonia/Teucrium scorodoniawood sagepatchily blackened, deadstem (10-11)sessile or subsessile apothecium is saprobic on patchily blackened, dead stem

Author & YearTitleSource
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
Kevan D.K., 1967The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae)Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 103: 83-110.
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
Mulenko, W. & Woodward, S., 1996Plant parasitic hyphomycetes new to Britain (NBR 226-228)Mycologist Vol 10 (2): 69-72.

Teucrium scorodonia (Wood Sage) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTeucrium scorodonia (Wood Sage)
GenusTeucrium (germanders)
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Teucrium scorodonia (Wood Sage)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Hutchinson, T.C. 1968 No 115 Teucrium scorodonia L. Biological Flora of the British Isles J. Ecology 56: 901-911.

Teucrium scorodonia (Wood Sage) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Teucrium scorodonia (Wood Sage):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 9 images of Teucrium scorodonia (Wood Sage)

A common plant of light shade or scrub around the edges of acid woodland and heathland (pH4-5), but with other ecotypes adapted to calcareous habitats (pH>7).

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