Lithospermum officinale L.
(Common Gromwell)

Interactions where Lithospermum officinale 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
(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph UK/Ireland Golovinomyces cynoglossi a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Golovinomyces cynoglossi/Golovinomyces cynoglossia powdery mildewconidial anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Lithospermum officinale/Lithospermum officinalecommon gromwelllive conidial anamorph parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium UK/Ireland Golovinomyces cynoglossi a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Golovinomyces cynoglossi/Golovinomyces cynoglossia powdery mildewcleistothecium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Lithospermum officinale/Lithospermum officinalecommon gromwelllive cleistothecium parasitises live
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Foreign Longitarsus aeneicollis a 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 aeneicollis/Longitarsus aeneicollisa flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Lithospermum officinale/Lithospermum officinalecommon gromwellleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Foreign Longitarsus aeneicollis a 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 aeneicollis/Longitarsus aeneicollisa flea beetleadult Foodplant / open feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Lithospermum officinale/Lithospermum officinalecommon gromwellleaf adult grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is mined by communal larva Restricted Agromyza lithospermi a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza lithospermi/Agromyza lithospermia leaf-mining flycommunallarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Lithospermum officinale/Lithospermum officinalecommon gromwellleafSole communal larva mines leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia cerinthes emend U. Braun an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia cerinthes emend U. Braun/Ramularia cerinthes emend U. Braunan anamorphic fungusamphigenouscolonyRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Lithospermum officinale/Lithospermum officinalecommon gromwellliveleaf amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Kevan D.K., 1967The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae)Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 103: 83-110.
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Lithospermum officinale (Common Gromwell) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLithospermum officinale (Common Gromwell)
GenusLithospermum (gromwells)
FamilyBORAGINACEAE (borages, comfreys and forget-me-nots)
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 Lithospermum officinale (Common Gromwell)

Lithospermum officinale (Common Gromwell) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lithospermum officinale (Common Gromwell):

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