Galium verum L.
(Lady’s Bedstraw)

Interactions where Galium verum 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 UK/Ireland Halticus macrocephalus a plantbug or grassbug Hemiptera: Miridae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Halticus macrocephalus/Halticus macrocephalusa plantbug or grassbug Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium verum/Galium verumlady’s bedstraw feeds on
is foodplant of UK/Ireland Strongylocoris leucocephalus a plantbug or grassbug Hemiptera: Miridae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Strongylocoris leucocephalus/Strongylocoris leucocephalusa plantbug or grassbug Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium verum/Galium verumlady’s bedstraw feeds on
has sap sucked by adult Major Legnotus limbosus a shieldbug Hemiptera: Cydnidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Legnotus limbosus/Legnotus limbosusa shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium verum/Galium verumlady’s bedstrawMajor adult sucks sap of
has sap sucked by nymph Major Legnotus limbosus a shieldbug Hemiptera: Cydnidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Legnotus limbosus/Legnotus limbosusa shieldbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium verum/Galium verumlady’s bedstrawMajor nymph sucks sap of
has sap sucked by nymph Legnotus picipes a shieldbug Hemiptera: Cydnidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Legnotus picipes/Legnotus picipesa shieldbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium verum/Galium verumlady’s bedstraw nymph sucks sap of
has sap sucked by adult Legnotus picipes a shieldbug Hemiptera: Cydnidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Legnotus picipes/Legnotus picipesa shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium verum/Galium verumlady’s bedstraw adult sucks sap of
(live) live may have adult Belothrips acuminatus a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Belothrips acuminatus/Belothrips acuminatusa thripsadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium verum/Galium verumlady’s bedstrawlive (5-7)adult may be found on live
(live) live may have larva Belothrips acuminatus a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Belothrips acuminatus/Belothrips acuminatusa thripslarva Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium verum/Galium verumlady’s bedstrawlive (7-9)larva may be found on live
(live) live may have larvae Rubiothrips silvarum a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Rubiothrips silvarum/Rubiothrips silvaruma thripslarvae Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium verum/Galium verumlady’s bedstrawlive (5-8)larvae may be found on live
(live) live may have female Rubiothrips silvarum a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Rubiothrips silvarum/Rubiothrips silvaruma thripsfemale Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium verum/Galium verumlady’s bedstrawlive (5-8)female may be found on live
(live) live may have male Rubiothrips silvarum a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Rubiothrips silvarum/Rubiothrips silvaruma thripsmale Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium verum/Galium verumlady’s bedstrawlive (7)male may be found on live
(live) live is parasitised by sporangium UK/Ireland Peronospora galii a downy mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora galii/Peronospora galiia downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium verum/Galium verumlady’s bedstrawlive sporangium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by Foreign Neoerysiphe galii a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Neoerysiphe galii/Neoerysiphe galiia powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium verum/Galium verumlady’s bedstrawlive parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by pycnium Major Puccinia punctata 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/Puccinia punctata/Puccinia punctataa rust funguspycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium verum/Galium verumlady’s bedstrawliveMajor pycnium parasitises live
leaf (base) (live) live leaf (base) is swollen by embedded sorus UK/IrelandMajor Melanotaenium endogenum Bedstraw Smut Ustilaginales: Melanotaeniaceae 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
Melanotaenium endogenum, Mordue, J.E.M., 1991
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Melanotaeniaceae/Melanotaenium endogenum/Melanotaenium endogenumbedstraw smutembeddedsorus Foodplant / false gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium verum/Galium verumlady’s bedstrawliveleaf (base)Major (6-7)embedded sorus causes swelling of live leaf (base)
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Aglaostigma fulvipes a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Aglaostigma fulvipes/Aglaostigma fulvipesa sawflynocturnallarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium verum/Galium verumlady’s bedstrawleaf nocturnal larva grazes on leaf
leaf (live, old, over-wintered) live, old, over-wintered leaf is parasitised by uredium Pucciniastrum guttatum a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae 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/Pucciniastraceae/Pucciniastrum guttatum/Pucciniastrum guttatuma rust fungusuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium verum/Galium verumlady’s bedstrawlive, old, over-winteredleaf uredium parasitises live, old, over-wintered leaf
leaf (live, old, over-wintered) live, old, over-wintered leaf is spotted by telium Pucciniastrum guttatum a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae 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/Pucciniastraceae/Pucciniastrum guttatum/Pucciniastrum guttatuma rust fungustelium Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium verum/Galium verumlady’s bedstrawlive, old, over-winteredleaf telium causes spots on live, old, over-wintered leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium Rare Puccinia galii-verni 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/Puccinia galii-verni/Puccinia galii-vernia rust fungushypophylloustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium verum/Galium verumlady’s bedstrawliveleafRare hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous aecium Major Puccinia punctata 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/Puccinia punctata/Puccinia punctataa rust fungushypophyllousaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium verum/Galium verumlady’s bedstrawliveleafMajor hypophyllous aecium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium Major Puccinia punctata 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/Puccinia punctata/Puccinia punctataa rust fungusamphigenousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium verum/Galium verumlady’s bedstrawliveleafMajor amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous telium Major Puccinia punctata 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/Puccinia punctata/Puccinia punctataa rust fungusamphigenoustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium verum/Galium verumlady’s bedstrawliveleafMajor amphigenous telium parasitises live leaf
pollen? pollen? is foodplant of adult Bruchidius cisti a seed beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchidius cisti/Bruchidius cistia seed beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium verum/Galium verumlady’s bedstrawpollen? (4-)6-7(-9)adult feeds on pollen?
shoot (live) live shoot is swollen by embedded sorus UK/IrelandMajor Melanotaenium endogenum Bedstraw Smut Ustilaginales: Melanotaeniaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Melanotaenium endogenum, Mordue, J.E.M., 1991
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Melanotaeniaceae/Melanotaenium endogenum/Melanotaenium endogenumbedstraw smutembeddedsorus Foodplant / false gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium verum/Galium verumlady’s bedstrawliveshootMajor (6-7)embedded sorus causes swelling of live shoot
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by telium Rare Puccinia galii-verni 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/Puccinia galii-verni/Puccinia galii-vernia rust fungustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium verum/Galium verumlady’s bedstrawlivestemRare telium parasitises live stem
stem (live) live stem is swollen by embedded sorus UK/IrelandMajor Melanotaenium endogenum Bedstraw Smut Ustilaginales: Melanotaeniaceae 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
Melanotaenium endogenum, Mordue, J.E.M., 1991
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Melanotaeniaceae/Melanotaenium endogenum/Melanotaenium endogenumbedstraw smutembeddedsorus Foodplant / false gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium verum/Galium verumlady’s bedstrawlivestemMajor (6-7)embedded sorus causes swelling of live stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1952Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
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
Mordue, J.E.M., 1991Melanotaenium endogenumI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1094.
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976ThysanopteraHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, part 11, 79pp, 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.

Galium verum (Lady’s Bedstraw) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGalium verum (Lady’s Bedstraw)
GenusGalium (bedstraws)
FamilyRUBIACEAE (madder, goosegrass and bedstraws)
OrderGENTIANALES (bedstraws, gentians and periwinkles)
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 Galium verum (Lady’s Bedstraw)

Galium verum (Lady’s Bedstraw) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Galium verum (Lady’s Bedstraw):

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