Anthyllis vulneraria L.
(Kidney Vetch, Kidney-vetch, Ladies’ Fingers)

Interactions where Anthyllis vulneraria 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').

Filters:

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
		pollen is foodplant of adult			Cryptocephalus aureolus	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus aureolus/	Cryptocephalus aureolus	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/	Anthyllis vulneraria	kidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingers				pollen			(4-)5-6(-9)	adult feeds on pollen
		may have adult			Cryptocephalus bilineatus	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cryptocephalus bilineatus/	Cryptocephalus bilineatus	a leaf beetle				adult	Plant / resting place / on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/	Anthyllis vulneraria	kidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingers					Major		(5-)6-9)	adult may be found on
		is foodplant of larva			Otiorhynchus ligustici	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Otiorhynchus ligustici/	Otiorhynchus ligustici	a weevil				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/	Anthyllis vulneraria	kidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingers					Major			larva feeds on
		is foodplant of imago			Charagmus griseus	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Charagmus griseus/	Charagmus griseus	a weevil				imago	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/	Anthyllis vulneraria	kidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingers								imago feeds on
		is foodplant of larva			Sitona gemellatus	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Sitona gemellatus/	Sitona gemellatus	a weevil				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/	Anthyllis vulneraria	kidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingers								larva feeds on
		is foodplant of larva			Tychius schneideri	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Tychius schneideri/	Tychius schneideri	a weevil				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/	Anthyllis vulneraria	kidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingers								larva feeds on
(live)		live is foodplant of male			Odontothrips loti	a thrips	Thysanoptera: Thripidae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Odontothrips loti/	Odontothrips loti	a thrips				male	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/	Anthyllis vulneraria	kidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingers		live					(4,6-8)	male feeds on live
(live)		live is foodplant of female			Odontothrips loti	a thrips	Thysanoptera: Thripidae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Odontothrips loti/	Odontothrips loti	a thrips				female	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/	Anthyllis vulneraria	kidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingers		live					(6-9)	female feeds on live
(live)		live is parasitised by cleistothecium			Erysiphe trifoliorum	a powdery mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe trifoliorum/	Erysiphe trifoliorum	a powdery mildew				cleistothecium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/	Anthyllis vulneraria	kidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingers		live						cleistothecium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by conidial anamorph			Erysiphe trifoliorum	a powdery mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe trifoliorum/	Erysiphe trifoliorum	a powdery mildew				conidial anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/	Anthyllis vulneraria	kidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingers		live						conidial anamorph parasitises live
(live)		live plant may be infected and damaged by buried sclerotium			Sclerotinia trifoliorum	a discomycete	Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae	Sclerotinia trifoliorum, Williams, M.A.J. & Spooner, B.M., 1991	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Sclerotinia trifoliorum/	Sclerotinia trifoliorum	a discomycete		buried		sclerotium	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/	Anthyllis vulneraria	kidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingers		live		plant				buried sclerotium infects and damages live plant
flower (live)		live flower is foodplant of larva			Odontothrips loti	a thrips	Thysanoptera: Thripidae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Odontothrips loti/	Odontothrips loti	a thrips				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/	Anthyllis vulneraria	kidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingers		live	flower				(7-8)	larva feeds on live flower
leaf		leaf is grazed by larva			Hypera venusta	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera venusta/	Hypera venusta	a weevil				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/	Anthyllis vulneraria	kidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingers			leaf					larva grazes on leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph			Cercospora radiata	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Cercospora radiata/	Cercospora radiata	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		amphigenous	colony	Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/	Anthyllis vulneraria	kidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingers		live	leaf					amphigenous colony of Cercospora dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium			Uromyces anthyllidis	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	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/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces anthyllidis/	Uromyces anthyllidis	a rust fungus		amphigenous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/	Anthyllis vulneraria	kidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingers		live	leaf					amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous telium			Uromyces anthyllidis	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	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/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces anthyllidis/	Uromyces anthyllidis	a rust fungus		amphigenous		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/	Anthyllis vulneraria	kidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingers		live	leaf					amphigenous telium parasitises live leaf
root		root is foodplant of larva			Charagmus griseus	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Charagmus griseus/	Charagmus griseus	a weevil				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/	Anthyllis vulneraria	kidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingers			root					larva feeds on root
sepal		sepal is mined by larva			Phytomyza brischkei	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza brischkei/	Phytomyza brischkei	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Anthyllis vulneraria/	Anthyllis vulneraria	kidney vetch, kidney-vetch, ladies’ fingers			sepal		Sole			larva mines sepal

Author & Year	Title	Source
Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations	11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications
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.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Morris, M.G., 1997	Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17a, 106pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Morris, M.G., 2002	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	Thysanoptera	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, part 11, 79pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Williams, M.A.J. & Spooner, B.M., 1991	Sclerotinia trifoliorum	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1084.

Anthyllis vulneraria (Kidney Vetch, Kidney-vetch, Ladies’ Fingers) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Anthyllis vulneraria (Kidney Vetch, Kidney-vetch, Ladies’ Fingers)
Genus	Anthyllis (a genus of flowering plants)
Family	FABACEAE (vetches, peas, beans, accacias, wattles and sennas)
Order	FABALES (vetches, peas, beans and milkworts)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Anthyllis vulneraria (Kidney Vetch, Kidney-vetch, Ladies’ Fingers)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Akleroyd, J.R.		Anthyllis vulneraria	Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Anthyllis vulneraria (Kidney Vetch, Kidney-vetch, Ladies’ Fingers) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Anthyllis vulneraria (Kidney Vetch, Kidney-vetch, Ladies’ Fingers):

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

BioImages

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