Linum catharticum L.
(Fairy Flax, Purging Flax)

Interactions where Linum catharticum 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
seedling may be infected and damaged by acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph Colletotrichum lini a coelomycete Glomerellaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Colletotrichum lini/Colletotrichum linia coelomyceteacervulusColletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum catharticum/Linum catharticumfairy flax, purging flaxseedling acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages seedling
(live) live stem is parasitised by uredium Melampsora lini var lini a rust fungus Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae 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/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora lini var. lini/Melampsora lini var. linia rust fungusuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum catharticum/Linum catharticumfairy flax, purging flaxlivestem (5-10)uredium parasitises live stem
(live) live leaf is parasitised by uredium Melampsora lini var lini a rust fungus Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae 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/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora lini var. lini/Melampsora lini var. linia rust fungusuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum catharticum/Linum catharticumfairy flax, purging flaxliveleaf (5-10)uredium parasitises live leaf
(live) live leaf is parasitised by telium Melampsora lini var lini a rust fungus Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae 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/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora lini var. lini/Melampsora lini var. linia rust fungustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum catharticum/Linum catharticumfairy flax, purging flaxliveleaf (5-10)telium parasitises live leaf
(live) live stem is parasitised by telium Melampsora lini var lini a rust fungus Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae 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/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora lini var. lini/Melampsora lini var. linia rust fungustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum catharticum/Linum catharticumfairy flax, purging flaxlivestem (5-10)telium parasitises live stem
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Restricted Rhogogaster chambersi a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Rhogogaster chambersi/Rhogogaster chambersia sawflynocturnallarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum catharticum/Linum catharticumfairy flax, purging flaxleafSole nocturnal larva grazes on leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
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
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
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

Linum catharticum (Fairy Flax, Purging Flax) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLinum catharticum (Fairy Flax, Purging Flax)
GenusLinum (flaxes)
FamilyLINACEAE (flaxes)
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 Linum catharticum (Fairy Flax, Purging Flax)

Linum catharticum (Fairy Flax, Purging Flax) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Linum catharticum (Fairy Flax, Purging Flax):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 18 images of Linum catharticum (Fairy Flax, Purging Flax)
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