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 obscurus	a pollen beetle				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Teucrium scorodonia/	Teucrium scorodonia	wood sage								larva feeds on
		is foodplant of pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph			Ascochyta teucrii	a coelomycete	Pleosporales	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta teucrii/	Ascochyta teucrii	a coelomycete			pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Teucrium scorodonia/	Teucrium scorodonia	wood sage								pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph feeds on
leaf		leaf is grazed by larva			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 membranaceus	wood sage flea beetle				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Teucrium scorodonia/	Teucrium scorodonia	wood sage			leaf		Sole			larva grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is grazed by adult			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 membranaceus	wood sage flea beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Teucrium scorodonia/	Teucrium scorodonia	wood sage			leaf					adult grazes on leaf
leaf (fading)		fading leaf is spotted by few, epiphyllous, punctiform, brownish pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph			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 scorodoniae	a leaf-spot fungus		few, epiphyllous, punctiform, brownish	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Teucrium scorodonia/	Teucrium scorodonia	wood sage		fading	leaf				(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			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 teucrii	a coelomycete		epiphyllous, gregarious or scattered, covered	pycnidium	Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Teucrium scorodonia/	Teucrium scorodonia	wood sage		live	leaf					epiphyllous, gregarious or scattered, covered pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by valdensia anamorph			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 heterodoxa	an anamorphic fungus				valdensia anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Teucrium scorodonia/	Teucrium scorodonia	wood sage		live	leaf					valdensia anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous telium			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 annularis	wood sage rust		hypophyllous		telium	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Teucrium scorodonia/	Teucrium scorodonia	wood sage		live	leaf		Sole		(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 virgineum	snowy disco		long stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Teucrium scorodonia/	Teucrium scorodonia	wood sage		dead	stem				(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 chlorinella	a discomycete		sessile or subsessile		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Teucrium scorodonia/	Teucrium scorodonia	wood sage		patchily blackened, dead	stem				(10-11)	sessile or subsessile apothecium is saprobic on patchily blackened, dead stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations	11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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
Kevan D.K., 1967	The 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., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Mulenko, W. & Woodward, S., 1996	Plant 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:

Teucrium
(germanders)

LAMIACEAE
(dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Teucrium scorodonia (Wood Sage)
Genus	Teucrium (germanders)
Family	LAMIACEAE (dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs)
Order	LAMIALES (dead-nettles, eye-brights, foxgloves and speedwells)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Teucrium scorodonia is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Lamiaceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Teucrium scorodonia (Wood Sage)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	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:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

BioImages

BioImages (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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