Senecio vulgaris L.
(Groundsel)

Interactions where Senecio vulgaris 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 Foreign Brachycaudus cardui an aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Brachycaudus (Prunaphis) cardui/Brachycaudus (Prunaphis) carduian aphid Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio vulgaris/Senecio vulgarisgroundsel sucks sap of
(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph UK/Ireland Golovinomyces cichoracearum var fischeri Groundsel 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/Golovinomyces cichoracearum var. fischeri/Golovinomyces cichoracearum var. fischerigroundsel mildewconidial anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio vulgaris/Senecio vulgarisgroundsellive conidial anamorph parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium UK/Ireland Golovinomyces cichoracearum var fischeri Groundsel 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/Golovinomyces cichoracearum var. fischeri/Golovinomyces cichoracearum var. fischerigroundsel mildewcleistothecium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio vulgaris/Senecio vulgarisgroundsellive cleistothecium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by subepidermal telium Major Coleosporium tussilaginis a rust fungus Pucciniales: Coleosporiaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Coleosporiaceae/Coleosporium tussilaginis/Coleosporium tussilaginisa rust fungussubepidermaltelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio vulgaris/Senecio vulgarisgroundselliveMajor subepidermal telium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by uredium Major Coleosporium tussilaginis a rust fungus Pucciniales: Coleosporiaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Coleosporiaceae/Coleosporium tussilaginis/Coleosporium tussilaginisa rust fungusuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio vulgaris/Senecio vulgarisgroundselliveMajor uredium parasitises live
capitulum capitulum may contain larva ForeignQuestionable Ensina sonchi Sow-thistle Fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Ensina sonchi/Ensina sonchisow-thistle flylarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio vulgaris/Senecio vulgarisgroundsel?capitulum larva feeds within capitulum
capitulum capitulum may contain larva UK/Ireland Sphenella marginata Ragwort Fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Sphenella marginata/Sphenella marginataragwort flylarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio vulgaris/Senecio vulgarisgroundselcapitulum larva feeds within capitulum
capitulum capitulum may contain larva ForeignQuestionableMajor Trupanea stellata Star-winged Ragwort Fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Trupanea stellata/Trupanea stellatastar-winged ragwort flylarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio vulgaris/Senecio vulgarisgroundsel?capitulumMajor larva feeds within capitulum
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Longitarsus gracilis 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 gracilis/Longitarsus gracilisa flea beetlelarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio vulgaris/Senecio vulgarisgroundselleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by adult UK/Ireland Longitarsus gracilis 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 gracilis/Longitarsus gracilisa flea beetleadult Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio vulgaris/Senecio vulgarisgroundselleaf adult grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva ForeignQuestionable Trypeta artemisiae Mugwort Leaf-miner Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Trypeta artemisiae/Trypeta artemisiaemugwort leaf-minerlarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio vulgaris/Senecio vulgarisgroundsel?leaf larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva ForeignQuestionable Trypeta immaculata Dandelion Leaf-miner Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Trypeta immaculata/Trypeta immaculatadandelion leaf-minerlarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio vulgaris/Senecio vulgarisgroundsel?leaf larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva UK/Ireland Trypeta zoe Hemp Agrimony Leafminer Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Trypeta zoe/Trypeta zoehemp agrimony leafminerlarva Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio vulgaris/Senecio vulgarisgroundselleaf larva mines leaf
leaf (live, locally slightly yellowed) live, locally slightly yellowed leaf may be infected and damaged by hypophyllous sorus UK/Ireland Pustula obtusata s. str. a white rust Albuginales: Albuginaceae Albugo tragopogonis on Senecio vulgaris, Francis, S.M. & Preece, T.F., 1983
Albugo on Senecio vulgaris, Preece, T.F., 1987
/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Albuginales/Albuginaceae/Pustula obtusata s. str./Pustula obtusata s. str.a white rusthypophylloussorus Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio vulgaris/Senecio vulgarisgroundsellive, locally slightly yellowedleaf hypophyllous sorus infects and damages live, locally slightly yellowed leaf
leaf (live, locally slightly yellowed) live, locally slightly yellowed leaf may be infected and damaged by embedded oospore UK/Ireland Pustula obtusata s. str. a white rust Albuginales: Albuginaceae Albugo tragopogonis on Senecio vulgaris, Francis, S.M. & Preece, T.F., 1983
Albugo on Senecio vulgaris, Preece, T.F., 1987
/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Albuginales/Albuginaceae/Pustula obtusata s. str./Pustula obtusata s. str.a white rustembeddedoospore Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio vulgaris/Senecio vulgarisgroundsellive, locally slightly yellowedleaf embedded oospore infects and damages live, locally slightly yellowed leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by sporangium UK/IrelandMajor Bremia lactucae s. lat. Lettuce Downy Mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
New British hosts for the downy mildew Bremia lactucae, Legon, N. & Spooner, B., 2015
A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Bremia lactucae s. lat./Bremia lactucae s. lat.lettuce downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio vulgaris/Senecio vulgarisgroundselliveleafMajor (9-10)sporangium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Ramularia filaris var filaris an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia filaris var. filaris/Ramularia filaris var. filarisan anamorphic fungusamphigenouscolonyRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio vulgaris/Senecio vulgarisgroundselliveleaf amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by grouped cluster-cup of aecium UK/IrelandMajor Puccinia lagenophorae Cineraria Rust, Daisy Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
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
The new groundsel rust in Britain and its relationship to certain Australasian rusts, Wilson, I.M., Walshaw, D.F. & Walker, J., 1965
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia lagenophorae/Puccinia lagenophoraecineraria rust, daisy rustgroupedcluster-cupaecium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio vulgaris/Senecio vulgarisgroundselliveleafMajor grouped cluster-cup of aecium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by telium UK/IrelandMajor Puccinia lagenophorae Cineraria Rust, Daisy Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
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
The new groundsel rust in Britain and its relationship to certain Australasian rusts, Wilson, I.M., Walshaw, D.F. & Walker, J., 1965
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia lagenophorae/Puccinia lagenophoraecineraria rust, daisy rusttelium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio vulgaris/Senecio vulgarisgroundselliveleafMajor telium parasitises live leaf
stem (live) live stem may be infected and damaged by embedded oospore UK/Ireland Pustula obtusata s. str. a white rust Albuginales: Albuginaceae Albugo tragopogonis on Senecio vulgaris, Francis, S.M. & Preece, T.F., 1983
Albugo on Senecio vulgaris, Preece, T.F., 1987
/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Albuginales/Albuginaceae/Pustula obtusata s. str./Pustula obtusata s. str.a white rustembeddedoospore Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio vulgaris/Senecio vulgarisgroundsellivestem embedded oospore infects and damages live stem
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by telium UK/IrelandMajor Puccinia lagenophorae Cineraria Rust, Daisy Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
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
The new groundsel rust in Britain and its relationship to certain Australasian rusts, Wilson, I.M., Walshaw, D.F. & Walker, J., 1965
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia lagenophorae/Puccinia lagenophoraecineraria rust, daisy rusttelium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio vulgaris/Senecio vulgarisgroundsellivestemMajor telium parasitises live stem
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by grouped cluster-cup of aecium UK/IrelandMajor Puccinia lagenophorae Cineraria Rust, Daisy Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
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
The new groundsel rust in Britain and its relationship to certain Australasian rusts, Wilson, I.M., Walshaw, D.F. & Walker, J., 1965
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia lagenophorae/Puccinia lagenophoraecineraria rust, daisy rustgroupedcluster-cupaecium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio vulgaris/Senecio vulgarisgroundsellivestemMajor grouped cluster-cup of aecium parasitises live stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
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
Fjelddalen, J., 1964Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962Norsk. Ent. Tidskr. 12: 259-295.
Francis, S.M. & Preece, T.F., 1983Albugo tragopogonis on Senecio vulgarisBull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 17 (2): 114-115.
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.
Legon, N. & Spooner, B., 2015New British hosts for the downy mildew Bremia lactucaeField Mycology Vol 16 (1): 29-32.
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., 1987Albugo on Senecio vulgarisVol 01 (2)
Preece, T.F., 2002A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles33pp, British Mycological Society
White, I.M., 1988Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Wilson, I.M., Walshaw, D.F. & Walker, J., 1965The new groundsel rust in Britain and its relationship to certain Australasian rustsTBMS Vol 48 (4): 501-511.

Senecio vulgaris (Groundsel) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSenecio vulgaris (Groundsel)
GenusSenecio (groundsels, ragwort)
TribeSenecioneae (a tribe of composites)
SubfamilyASTEROIDEAE (“daisies”)
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 Senecio vulgaris (Groundsel)

Senecio vulgaris (Groundsel) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Senecio vulgaris (Groundsel):

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