Echium vulgare L.
(Viper’s-bugloss)

Interactions where Echium vulgare 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 planiusculus 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 planiusculus/Meligethes planiusculusa pollen beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium vulgare/Echium vulgareviper’s-bugloss larva feeds on
is foodplant of Mogulones asperifoliarum a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Mogulones asperifoliarum/Mogulones asperifoliaruma weevil Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium vulgare/Echium vulgareviper’s-bugloss feeds on
is foodplant of Mogulones geographicus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Mogulones geographicus/Mogulones geographicusa weevil Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium vulgare/Echium vulgareviper’s-bugloss feeds on
has sap sucked by adult Graptopeltus lynceus a ground bug Hemiptera: Lygaeidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Graptopeltus lynceus/Graptopeltus lynceusa ground bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium vulgare/Echium vulgareviper’s-bugloss adult sucks sap of
has sap sucked by nymph Graptopeltus lynceus a ground bug Hemiptera: Lygaeidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Graptopeltus lynceus/Graptopeltus lynceusa ground bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium vulgare/Echium vulgareviper’s-bugloss nymph sucks sap of
(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/Echium vulgare/Echium vulgareviper’s-buglosslive 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/Echium vulgare/Echium vulgareviper’s-buglosslive cleistothecium parasitises live
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Longitarsus anchusae 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 anchusae/Longitarsus anchusaea flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium vulgare/Echium vulgareviper’s-buglossleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by adult UK/Ireland Longitarsus anchusae 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 anchusae/Longitarsus anchusaea flea beetleadult Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium vulgare/Echium vulgareviper’s-buglossleaf adult grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Longitarsus curtus 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 curtus/Longitarsus curtusa flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium vulgare/Echium vulgareviper’s-buglossleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by adult UK/Ireland Longitarsus curtus 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 curtus/Longitarsus curtusa flea beetleadult Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium vulgare/Echium vulgareviper’s-buglossleaf adult grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Longitarsus exsoletus 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 exsoletus/Longitarsus exsoletusa flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium vulgare/Echium vulgareviper’s-buglossleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by adult UK/Ireland Longitarsus exsoletus 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 exsoletus/Longitarsus exsoletusa flea beetleadult Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium vulgare/Echium vulgareviper’s-buglossleaf adult grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/IrelandMinor Longitarsus quadriguttatus 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 quadriguttatus/Longitarsus quadriguttatusa flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium vulgare/Echium vulgareviper’s-buglossleafMinor larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by adult UK/IrelandMinor Longitarsus quadriguttatus 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 quadriguttatus/Longitarsus quadriguttatusa flea beetleadult Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium vulgare/Echium vulgareviper’s-buglossleafMinor adult grazes on leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia echii (An Anamorphic Fungus) Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia echii/Ramularia echii(an anamorphic fungus)amphigenouscolonyRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium vulgare/Echium vulgareviper’s-buglossliveleaf amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Leptosphaeria cesatiana an ascomycete Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Leptosphaeriaceae/Leptosphaeria cesatiana/Leptosphaeria cesatianaan ascomyceteimmersedpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium vulgare/Echium vulgareviper’s-buglossdeadstem immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem

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
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.
Kevan D.K., 1967The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae)Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 103: 83-110.
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Echium vulgare (Viper’s-bugloss) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEchium vulgare (Viper’s-bugloss)
GenusEchium (viper’s buglosses)
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)
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Echium vulgare (Viper’s-bugloss) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Echium vulgare (Viper’s-bugloss):

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