Hypericum hirsutum L.
(Hairy St John’s-wort)

Interactions where Hypericum hirsutum 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 parasitised by conidial anamorph			Erysiphe hyperici	a powdery mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe hyperici/	Erysiphe hyperici	a powdery mildew				conidial anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum hirsutum/	Hypericum hirsutum	hairy St John’s-wort								conidial anamorph parasitises
		is parasitised by cleistothecium			Erysiphe hyperici	a powdery mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe hyperici/	Erysiphe hyperici	a powdery mildew				cleistothecium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum hirsutum/	Hypericum hirsutum	hairy St John’s-wort								cleistothecium parasitises
flower		flower is grazed by adult			Chrysolina hyperici	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina hyperici/	Chrysolina hyperici	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum hirsutum/	Hypericum hirsutum	hairy St John’s-wort			flower				(early 6-2)	adult grazes on flower
leaf		leaf is grazed by adult			Chrysolina hyperici	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina hyperici/	Chrysolina hyperici	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum hirsutum/	Hypericum hirsutum	hairy St John’s-wort			leaf				(early 6-2)	adult grazes on leaf
leaf (fading)		fading leaf is spotted by mainly epiphyllous, brown pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph			Septoria hyperici	a leaf-spot fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria hyperici/	Septoria hyperici	a leaf-spot fungus		mainly epiphyllous, brown	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum hirsutum/	Hypericum hirsutum	hairy St John’s-wort		fading	leaf				(8-10)	mainly epiphyllous, brown pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is grazed by nocturnal adult			Chrysolina varians	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina varians/	Chrysolina varians	a leaf beetle		nocturnal		adult	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum hirsutum/	Hypericum hirsutum	hairy St John’s-wort		live	leaf				(6-10,3-)	nocturnal adult grazes on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, subepidermal telium			Melampsora hypericorum	Hypericum Rust, Tutsan Rust	Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae	British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora hypericorum/	Melampsora hypericorum	hypericum rust, tutsan rust		hypophyllous, subepidermal		telium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum hirsutum/	Hypericum hirsutum	hairy St John’s-wort		live	leaf					hypophyllous, subepidermal telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, caeomoid aecium			Melampsora hypericorum	Hypericum Rust, Tutsan Rust	Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae	British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora hypericorum/	Melampsora hypericorum	hypericum rust, tutsan rust		hypophyllous, caeomoid		aecium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum hirsutum/	Hypericum hirsutum	hairy St John’s-wort		live	leaf				(5-10)	hypophyllous, caeomoid aecium parasitises live leaf
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by scattered, covered pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph			Diaporthe picea	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 picea/	Diaporthe picea	a pyrenomycete		scattered, covered	pycnidium	Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum hirsutum/	Hypericum hirsutum	hairy St John’s-wort		dead	stem				(7)	scattered, covered pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews	Mycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	British Rust Fungi	384pp, Cambridge University Press

Hypericum hirsutum (Hairy St John’s-wort) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Hypericum
(St John’s worts)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Tall Woody Herbs
(tall woody herbs)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Hypericum hirsutum (Hairy St John’s-wort)
Genus	Hypericum (St John’s worts)
Family	HYPERICACEAE (St John’s-worts)
Order	MALPIGHIALES (poplars, willows, St John’s worts, spurges and violets)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Hypericum hirsutum is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Hypericum)
Tall Woody Herbs - tall woody herbs (via Hypericum)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hypericum hirsutum (Hairy St John’s-wort)

Hypericum hirsutum (Hairy St John’s-wort) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Hypericum
(St John’s worts)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Hypericum hirsutum (Hairy St John’s-wort):

Hypericum
(St John’s worts)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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