Cicerbita alpina (L.) Wallr.
(Alpine Blue Sow-thistle, Alpine Blue-sow-thistle)

Interactions where Cicerbita alpina is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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 UK/Ireland Golovinomyces cichoracearum a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Golovinomyces cichoracearum/Golovinomyces cichoracearuma powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cicerbita alpina/Cicerbita alpinaalpine blue sow-thistle, alpine blue-sow-thistlelive parasitises live
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by mainly hypophyllous Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia mulgedii (An Anamorphic Fungus) Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia mulgedii/Ramularia mulgedii(an anamorphic fungus)mainly hypophyllousRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cicerbita alpina/Cicerbita alpinaalpine blue sow-thistle, alpine blue-sow-thistleliveleaf mainly hypophyllous Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf

Cicerbita alpina (Alpine Blue Sow-thistle, Alpine Blue-sow-thistle) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCicerbita alpina (Alpine Blue Sow-thistle, Alpine Blue-sow-thistle)
GenusCicerbita (blue sow-thistles)
TribeLactuceae (“dandelions”)
SubfamilyLACTUCOIDEAE (“dandelions”)
FamilyASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)
OrderASTERALES (daisies, dandelions, thistles and bell flowers)
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 Cicerbita alpina (Alpine Blue Sow-thistle, Alpine Blue-sow-thistle)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Bush, R. 2003 Alpine Sow-thistle Vol 14, No 6. Page: 432

Cicerbita alpina (Alpine Blue Sow-thistle, Alpine Blue-sow-thistle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cicerbita alpina (Alpine Blue Sow-thistle, Alpine Blue-sow-thistle):

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