Hypericum perforatum L.
(Perforate St John’s-wort, Common St John’s-wort)

Interactions where Hypericum perforatum 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
has sap sucked by UK/IrelandMajor Rhopalus subrufus a rhopalid bug Hemiptera: Rhopalidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Rhopalidae/Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus/Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusa rhopalid bug Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum perforatum/Hypericum perforatumperforate St John’s-wort, common St John's-wortMajor sucks sap of
is parasitised by conidial anamorph UK/Ireland 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 hypericia powdery mildewconidial anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum perforatum/Hypericum perforatumperforate St John’s-wort, common St John's-wort conidial anamorph parasitises
is parasitised by cleistothecium UK/Ireland 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 hypericia powdery mildewcleistothecium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum perforatum/Hypericum perforatumperforate St John’s-wort, common St John's-wort cleistothecium parasitises
flower flower is grazed by adult Major 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 hypericia leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum perforatum/Hypericum perforatumperforate St John’s-wort, common St John's-wortflowerMajor (early 6-2)adult grazes on flower
flower (live) live flower is grazed by adult Major Cryptocephalus moraei 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/Cryptocephalus moraei/Cryptocephalus moraeia leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum perforatum/Hypericum perforatumperforate St John’s-wort, common St John's-wortliveflowerMajor (5-9)adult grazes on live flower
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Major Chrysolina brunsvicensis 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 brunsvicensis/Chrysolina brunsvicensisa leaf beetleimago Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum perforatum/Hypericum perforatumperforate St John’s-wort, common St John's-wortleafMajor (1-12)imago grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Major 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 hypericia leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum perforatum/Hypericum perforatumperforate St John’s-wort, common St John's-wortleafMajor (early 6-2)adult grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Restricted Tenthredo amoena a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Tenthredo amoena/Tenthredo amoenaa sawflynocturnallarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum perforatum/Hypericum perforatumperforate St John’s-wort, common St John's-wortleafSole nocturnal larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Tenthredo balteata a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Tenthredo balteata/Tenthredo balteataa sawflynocturnallarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum perforatum/Hypericum perforatumperforate St John’s-wort, common St John's-wortleaf nocturnal larva grazes on leaf
leaf (fading) fading leaf is spotted by mainly epiphyllous, brown pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland 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 hypericia leaf-spot fungusmainly epiphyllous, brownpycnidiumSeptoria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum perforatum/Hypericum perforatumperforate St John’s-wort, common St John's-wortfadingleaf (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 variansa leaf beetlenocturnaladult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum perforatum/Hypericum perforatumperforate St John’s-wort, common St John's-wortliveleaf (6-10,3-)nocturnal adult grazes on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is grazed by adult Major Cryptocephalus moraei 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/Cryptocephalus moraei/Cryptocephalus moraeia leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum perforatum/Hypericum perforatumperforate St John’s-wort, common St John's-wortliveleafMajor (5-9)adult grazes on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is mined by larva (early) UK/IrelandMajor Euspilapteryx auroguttella Gold-dot Slender Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Gracillariidae/Euspilapteryx auroguttella/Euspilapteryx auroguttellagold-dot slenderlarva (early) Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum perforatum/Hypericum perforatumperforate St John’s-wort, common St John's-wortliveleafMajor (summer & early autumn)larva (early) mines live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spun by larva (later) UK/IrelandMajor Euspilapteryx auroguttella Gold-dot Slender Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Gracillariidae/Euspilapteryx auroguttella/Euspilapteryx auroguttellagold-dot slenderlarva (later) Foodplant / spinnerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum perforatum/Hypericum perforatumperforate St John’s-wort, common St John's-wortliveleafMajor (summer & early autumn)larva (later) spins live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous, greyish white, scattered caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia hyperici (An Anamorphic Fungus) Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia hyperici/Ramularia hyperici(an anamorphic fungus)hypophyllous, greyish white, scatteredcaespituliRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum perforatum/Hypericum perforatumperforate St John’s-wort, common St John's-wortliveleaf hypophyllous, greyish white, scattered caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous, greyish white, scattered caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia minutissima (An Anamorphic Fungus) Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia minutissima/Ramularia minutissima(an anamorphic fungus)hypophyllous, greyish white, scatteredcaespituliRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum perforatum/Hypericum perforatumperforate St John’s-wort, common St John's-wortliveleaf hypophyllous, greyish white, scattered caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by acervulus of Seimatosporium coelomycetous anamorph Foreign Seimatosporium hypericinum a coelomycete Xylariales: Amphisphaeriaceae Species of anamorphic fungi rare and new for Poland, Adamska, I., 2007
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Amphisphaeriaceae/Seimatosporium hypericinum/Seimatosporium hypericinuma coelomyceteacervulusSeimatosporium coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum perforatum/Hypericum perforatumperforate St John’s-wort, common St John's-wortliveleaf acervulus of Seimatosporium coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, subepidermal telium UK/Ireland Melampsora hypericorum Hypericum Rust, Tutsan Rust Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora hypericorum/Melampsora hypericorumhypericum rust, tutsan rusthypophyllous, subepidermaltelium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum perforatum/Hypericum perforatumperforate St John’s-wort, common St John's-wortliveleaf hypophyllous, subepidermal telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, caeomoid aecium UK/Ireland Melampsora hypericorum Hypericum Rust, Tutsan Rust Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae British Rust Fungi, Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora hypericorum/Melampsora hypericorumhypericum rust, tutsan rusthypophyllous, caeomoidaecium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum perforatum/Hypericum perforatumperforate St John’s-wort, common St John's-wortliveleaf (5-10)hypophyllous, caeomoid aecium parasitises live leaf
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by scattered to subgregarious, in irregular rows, long covered pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phomopsis hyperici a coelomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Phomopsis hyperici/Phomopsis hypericia coelomycetescattered to subgregarious, in irregular rows, long coveredpycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum perforatum/Hypericum perforatumperforate St John’s-wort, common St John's-wortdeadstem (7-9)scattered to subgregarious, in irregular rows, long covered pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by acervulus of Seimatosporium coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Seimatosporium hypericinum a coelomycete Xylariales: Amphisphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Amphisphaeriaceae/Seimatosporium hypericinum/Seimatosporium hypericinuma coelomyceteacervulusSeimatosporium coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum perforatum/Hypericum perforatumperforate St John’s-wort, common St John's-wortdeadstem acervulus of Seimatosporium coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (patchily blackened, dead) patchily blackened, dead stem is decayed by subepidermal pseudothecium Keissleriella ocellata an ascomycete Pleosporales: Lentitheciaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Lentitheciaceae/Keissleriella ocellata/Keissleriella ocellataan ascomycetesubepidermalpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Hypericaceae/Hypericum perforatum/Hypericum perforatumperforate St John’s-wort, common St John's-wortpatchily blackened, deadstem subepidermal pseudothecium is saprobic on patchily blackened, dead stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Adamska, I., 2007Species of anamorphic fungi rare and new for PolandActa Mycologica Vol 42 (1): 79-85.
Benson, R.B., 1952Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Robbins, R., 1990A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the MidlandsBenchmark Atlas Series, 1991? edition, 181pp, Warwickshire Museum Service
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966British Rust Fungi384pp, Cambridge University Press

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHypericum perforatum (Perforate St John’s-wort, Common St John’s-wort)
GenusHypericum (St John’s worts)
FamilyHYPERICACEAE (St John’s-worts)
OrderMALPIGHIALES (poplars, willows, St John’s worts, spurges and violets)
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 Hypericum perforatum (Perforate St John’s-wort, Common St John’s-wort)

Hypericum perforatum (Perforate St John’s-wort, Common St John’s-wort) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Hypericum perforatum (Perforate St John’s-wort, Common St John’s-wort):

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