Scabiosa columbaria L.
(Small Scabious)

Interactions where Scabiosa columbaria 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
(live) live is parasitised by Foreign Erysiphe knautiae Scabious 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 knautiae/Erysiphe knautiaescabious mildew Foodplant / parasiteForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Scabiosa columbaria/Scabiosa columbariasmall scabiouslive parasitises live
anther (live) live anther may be infected and damaged by immersed sorus UK/Ireland Microbotryum intermedium Small Scabious Dark Smut Microbotryales: Microbotryaceae 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
Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Microbotryaceae/Microbotryum intermedium/Microbotryum intermediumsmall scabious dark smutimmersedsorus Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Scabiosa columbaria/Scabiosa columbariasmall scabiousliveanther (8)immersed sorus infects and damages live anther
leaf-mine leaf-mine may house puparium Restricted Chromatomyia scabiosae a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Chromatomyia scabiosae/Chromatomyia scabiosaea leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Scabiosa columbaria/Scabiosa columbariasmall scabiousleaf-mineSole puparium may be found in leaf-mine
leaf leaf is mined by larva Restricted Chromatomyia scabiosae a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Chromatomyia scabiosae/Chromatomyia scabiosaea leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Scabiosa columbaria/Scabiosa columbariasmall scabiousleafSole larva mines leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by Foreign Peronospora knautiae (A Downy Mildew) Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Peronospora knautiae, Hall, G., 1994
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora knautiae/Peronospora knautiae(a downy mildew) Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Scabiosa columbaria/Scabiosa columbariasmall scabiousliveleaf causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia bosniaca an anamorphic ascomycete Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia bosniaca/Ramularia bosniacaan anamorphic ascomycetehypophyllouscolonyRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Scabiosa columbaria/Scabiosa columbariasmall scabiousliveleaf hypophyllous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
petal (live) live petal is parasitised by colony of sporangium UK/Ireland Peronospora violacea a downy mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora violacea/Peronospora violaceaa downy mildewcolonysporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Scabiosa columbaria/Scabiosa columbariasmall scabiouslivepetal colony of sporangium parasitises live petal
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by subepidermal pseudothecium Major Leptosphaeria modesta an ascomycete Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Leptosphaeriaceae/Leptosphaeria modesta/Leptosphaeria modestaan ascomycetesubepidermalpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Scabiosa columbaria/Scabiosa columbariasmall scabiousdeadstemMajor (5-9)subepidermal pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
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
Hall, G., 1994Peronospora knautiaeI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1196.
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
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungiMycologist 20 (3): 90-96.

Scabiosa columbaria (Small Scabious) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Scabiosa columbaria cv Butterfly Blue
a garden scabious
Cultivar 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesScabiosa columbaria (Small Scabious)
GenusScabiosa (scabiouses)
FamilyCAPRIFOLIACEAE (honeysuckles, scabiouses and valerians)
OrderDIPSACALES (elder, honeysuckles, valerians, scabiouses and teasels)
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 Scabiosa columbaria (Small Scabious)

Scabiosa columbaria (Small Scabious) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Scabiosa columbaria (Small Scabious):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 16 images of Scabiosa columbaria (Small Scabious)
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