Lamium album L.
(White Dead-nettle)

Interactions where Lamium album 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 difficilis 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 difficilis/Meligethes difficilisa pollen beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lamium album/Lamium albumwhite dead-nettle larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Meligethes morosus 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 morosus/Meligethes morosusa pollen beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lamium album/Lamium albumwhite dead-nettle larva feeds on
has sap sucked by nymph Eysarcoris venustissimus Woundwort Shieldbug Hemiptera: Pentatomidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Eysarcoris venustissimus/Eysarcoris venustissimuswoundwort shieldbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lamium album/Lamium albumwhite dead-nettle nymph sucks sap of
(live) live is parasitised by sporangium UK/IrelandRare Peronospora lamii a downy mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora lamii/Peronospora lamiia downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lamium album/Lamium albumwhite dead-nettleliveRare sporangium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by UK/Ireland Neoerysiphe galeopsidis Labiate Powdery Mildew, Mint 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/Neoerysiphe galeopsidis/Neoerysiphe galeopsidislabiate powdery mildew, mint mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lamium album/Lamium albumwhite dead-nettlelive parasitises live
calyx (underside) Major calyx (underside) has sap sucked by nymph (instars 4-5) Major Tritomegas bicolor Pied Shieldbug Hemiptera: Cydnidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Tritomegas bicolor/Tritomegas bicolorpied shieldbugnymph (instars 4-5) Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lamium album/Lamium albumwhite dead-nettlecalyx (underside)Major nymph (instars 4-5) sucks sap of calyx (underside)
fruiting calyx fruiting calyx may house diurnal larva Chrysolina fastuosa Dead-nettle 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 fastuosa/Chrysolina fastuosadead-nettle leaf beetlediurnallarva Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lamium album/Lamium albumwhite dead-nettlefruiting calyx diurnal larva may be found in fruiting calyx
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Chrysolina fastuosa Dead-nettle 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 fastuosa/Chrysolina fastuosadead-nettle leaf beetlenocturnallarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lamium album/Lamium albumwhite dead-nettleleaf nocturnal larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Chrysolina fastuosa Dead-nettle 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 fastuosa/Chrysolina fastuosadead-nettle leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lamium album/Lamium albumwhite dead-nettleleaf (3-12)adult grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is mined by solitary larva Restricted Agromyza flavipennis a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza flavipennis/Agromyza flavipennisa leaf-mining flysolitarylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lamium album/Lamium albumwhite dead-nettleleafSole solitary larva mines leaf
leaf (fading) fading leaf is foodplant of epiphyllous, few pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phyllosticta lamii 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 lamii/Phyllosticta lamiia coelomyceteepiphyllous, fewpycnidiumPhyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lamium album/Lamium albumwhite dead-nettlefadingleaf (autumn)epiphyllous, few pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph feeds on fading leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, loose to dense caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ramularia lamii var lamii an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia lamii var. lamii/Ramularia lamii var. lamiian anamorphic fungusamphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, loose to densecaespituliRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lamium album/Lamium albumwhite dead-nettleliveleaf amphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white, loose to dense caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by epiphyllous, few, punctiform, brown pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Septoria lamii a leaf-spot fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria lamii/Septoria lamiia leaf-spot fungusepiphyllous, few, punctiform, brownpycnidiumSeptoria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lamium album/Lamium albumwhite dead-nettleliveleaf epiphyllous, few, punctiform, brown pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
nutlet Restricted nutlet has sap sucked by nymph (instars 1-3) Major Tritomegas bicolor Pied Shieldbug Hemiptera: Cydnidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Tritomegas bicolor/Tritomegas bicolorpied shieldbugnymph (instars 1-3) Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lamium album/Lamium albumwhite dead-nettlenutletMajor nymph (instars 1-3) sucks sap of nutlet
root (live) live root is swollen by sorus UK/Ireland Melanotaenium jaapii a smut fungus Ustilaginales: Melanotaeniaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Melanotaeniaceae/Melanotaenium jaapii/Melanotaenium jaapiia smut fungussorus Foodplant / false gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lamium album/Lamium albumwhite dead-nettleliveroot (2-6)sorus causes swelling of live root
stem (thin) (dry, dead) dry, dead stem (thin) is decayed by gregarious or scattered, erumpent apothecium Pirottaea lamii a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Pirottaea lamii/Pirottaea lamiia discomycetegregarious or scattered, erumpentapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lamium album/Lamium albumwhite dead-nettledry, deadstem (thin) (2-6)gregarious or scattered, erumpent apothecium is saprobic on dry, dead stem (thin)
stem (underground) (live) live stem (underground) is swollen by sorus UK/Ireland Melanotaenium jaapii a smut fungus Ustilaginales: Melanotaeniaceae 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/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Melanotaeniaceae/Melanotaenium jaapii/Melanotaenium jaapiia smut fungussorus Foodplant / false gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lamium album/Lamium albumwhite dead-nettlelivestem (underground) (2-6)sorus causes swelling of live stem (underground)
stem Major stem has sap sucked by adult Major Tritomegas bicolor Pied Shieldbug Hemiptera: Cydnidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Tritomegas bicolor/Tritomegas bicolorpied shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lamium album/Lamium albumwhite dead-nettlestemMajor adult sucks sap of stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed, gregarious, often in lines pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph Phoma nebulosa sensu (Pers.) Mont. a coelomycete Pleosporales: Didymellaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Didymellaceae/Phoma nebulosa sensu (Pers.) Mont./Phoma nebulosa sensu (Pers.) Mont.a coelomyceteimmersed, gregarious, often in linespycnidiumPhoma coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lamium album/Lamium albumwhite dead-nettledeadstem immersed, gregarious, often in lines pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph 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
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Preece, T.F., 2002A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles33pp, British Mycological Society
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Lamium album (White Dead-nettle) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLamium album (White Dead-nettle)
GenusLamium (dead-nettles)
FamilyLAMIACEAE (dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs)
OrderLAMIALES (dead-nettles, eye-brights, foxgloves and speedwells)
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 Lamium album (White Dead-nettle)

Lamium album (White Dead-nettle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Shattock, R. 2005 Downy and Powdery Mildews on White Dead-Nettle Field Mycology Vol 6 (1): 22-25.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Lamium album (White Dead-nettle):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 6 images of Lamium album (White Dead-nettle)
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