Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop.
(Hedge Mustard)

Interactions where Sisymbrium officinale 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 rotundicollis	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 rotundicollis/	Meligethes rotundicollis	a pollen beetle				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sisymbrium officinale/	Sisymbrium officinale	hedge mustard								larva feeds on
		is foodplant of			Ceutorhynchus chalybaeus	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus chalybaeus/	Ceutorhynchus chalybaeus	a weevil					Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sisymbrium officinale/	Sisymbrium officinale	hedge mustard								feeds on
		is foodplant of			Ceutorhynchus chalybaeus	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus chalybaeus/	Ceutorhynchus chalybaeus	a weevil					Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sisymbrium officinale/	Sisymbrium officinale	hedge mustard								feeds on
		is foodplant of			Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus	Cabbage Stem Weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus/	Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus	cabbage stem weevil					Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sisymbrium officinale/	Sisymbrium officinale	hedge mustard								feeds on
		is foodplant of larva			Ceutorhynchus pyrrhorhynchus	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus pyrrhorhynchus/	Ceutorhynchus pyrrhorhynchus	a weevil				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sisymbrium officinale/	Sisymbrium officinale	hedge mustard								larva feeds on
		is foodplant of larva			Ceutorhynchus sulcicollis	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus sulcicollis/	Ceutorhynchus sulcicollis	a weevil				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sisymbrium officinale/	Sisymbrium officinale	hedge mustard								larva feeds on
		is foodplant of larva			Ceutorhynchus turbatus	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Ceutorhynchus turbatus/	Ceutorhynchus turbatus	a weevil				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sisymbrium officinale/	Sisymbrium officinale	hedge mustard								larva feeds on
		is foodplant of larva			Melanobaris laticollis	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Melanobaris laticollis/	Melanobaris laticollis	a weevil				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sisymbrium officinale/	Sisymbrium officinale	hedge mustard								larva feeds on
(live)		live is parasitised by colony of sporangium			Hyaloperonospora parasitica s. lat.	Brassica Downy Mildew	Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae	A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Hyaloperonospora parasitica s. lat./	Hyaloperonospora parasitica s. lat.	brassica downy mildew			colony	sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sisymbrium officinale/	Sisymbrium officinale	hedge mustard		live			Major		(1-4)	colony of sporangium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by			Erysiphe cruciferarum	Brassica 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 cruciferarum/	Erysiphe cruciferarum	brassica powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sisymbrium officinale/	Sisymbrium officinale	hedge mustard		live						parasitises live
green parts (live, discoloured, distorted)		live, discoloured, distorted green parts is parasitised by colony			Albugo candida s. lat.	White Blister or White Rust Of Brassicaceae	Albuginales: Albuginaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Albuginales/Albuginaceae/Albugo candida s. lat./	Albugo candida s. lat.	white blister or white rust of Brassicaceae			colony		Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sisymbrium officinale/	Sisymbrium officinale	hedge mustard		live, discoloured, distorted	green parts				(spring, early autumn)	colony parasitises live, discoloured, distorted green parts
leaf (underside)		leaf (underside) is grazed by gregarious larva			Athalia liberta	Pallid Tigress	Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Athalia liberta/	Athalia liberta	pallid tigress		gregarious		larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sisymbrium officinale/	Sisymbrium officinale	hedge mustard			leaf (underside)					gregarious larva grazes on leaf (underside)
leaf (live, discoloured, distorted)		live, discoloured, distorted leaf is parasitised by colony			Albugo candida s. lat.	White Blister or White Rust Of Brassicaceae	Albuginales: Albuginaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Albuginales/Albuginaceae/Albugo candida s. lat./	Albugo candida s. lat.	white blister or white rust of Brassicaceae			colony		Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sisymbrium officinale/	Sisymbrium officinale	hedge mustard		live, discoloured, distorted	leaf				(spring, early autumn)	colony parasitises live, discoloured, distorted leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by colony of Pseudocercosporella anamorph			Mycosphaerella capsellae	an ascomycete	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella capsellae/	Mycosphaerella capsellae	an ascomycete			colony	Pseudocercosporella anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sisymbrium officinale/	Sisymbrium officinale	hedge mustard		live	leaf					colony of Pseudocercosporella anamorph causes spots on live leaf
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Pleurophragmium dematiaceous anamorph			Pleurophragmium parvisporum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Helotiales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Pleurophragmium parvisporum/	Pleurophragmium parvisporum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Pleurophragmium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Sisymbrium officinale/	Sisymbrium officinale	hedge mustard		dead	stem				(1-12)	effuse colony of Pleurophragmium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Benson, R.B., 1952	Hymenoptera: 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., 1995	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag
Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations	11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews	Mycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Preece, T.F., 2002	A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles	33pp, British Mycological Society

Sisymbrium officinale (Hedge Mustard) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Sisymbrium
(rockets)

BRASSICACEAE
(cabbages, cresses etc.)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Tall Woody Herbs
(tall woody herbs)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Sisymbrium officinale (Hedge Mustard)
Genus	Sisymbrium (rockets)
Family	BRASSICACEAE (cabbages, cresses etc.)
Order	BRASSICALES (cabbages, cresses, weld, mignonette, spiderflowers and garden nasturtiums)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Sisymbrium officinale is also a member of:
Tall Woody Herbs - tall woody herbs (via Sisymbrium)
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Brassicaceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sisymbrium officinale (Hedge Mustard)

Sisymbrium officinale (Hedge Mustard) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BRASSICACEAE
(cabbages, cresses etc.)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Sisymbrium officinale (Hedge Mustard):

BRASSICACEAE
(cabbages, cresses etc.)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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