Echium vulgare L.
(Viper’s-bugloss)

Interactions where Echium vulgare 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 planiusculus	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 planiusculus/	Meligethes planiusculus	a pollen beetle				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium vulgare/	Echium vulgare	viper’s-bugloss								larva feeds on
		is foodplant of			Mogulones asperifoliarum	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Mogulones asperifoliarum/	Mogulones asperifoliarum	a weevil					Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium vulgare/	Echium vulgare	viper’s-bugloss								feeds on
		is foodplant of			Mogulones geographicus	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Mogulones geographicus/	Mogulones geographicus	a weevil					Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium vulgare/	Echium vulgare	viper’s-bugloss								feeds on
		has sap sucked by adult			Graptopeltus lynceus	a ground bug	Hemiptera: Lygaeidae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Graptopeltus lynceus/	Graptopeltus lynceus	a ground bug				adult	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium vulgare/	Echium vulgare	viper’s-bugloss								adult sucks sap of
		has sap sucked by nymph			Graptopeltus lynceus	a ground bug	Hemiptera: Lygaeidae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Graptopeltus lynceus/	Graptopeltus lynceus	a ground bug				nymph	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium vulgare/	Echium vulgare	viper’s-bugloss								nymph sucks sap of
(live)		live is parasitised by conidial anamorph			Golovinomyces cynoglossi	a powdery mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Golovinomyces cynoglossi/	Golovinomyces cynoglossi	a powdery mildew				conidial anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium vulgare/	Echium vulgare	viper’s-bugloss		live						conidial anamorph parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by cleistothecium			Golovinomyces cynoglossi	a powdery mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Golovinomyces cynoglossi/	Golovinomyces cynoglossi	a powdery mildew				cleistothecium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium vulgare/	Echium vulgare	viper’s-bugloss		live						cleistothecium parasitises live
leaf		leaf is grazed by larva			Longitarsus anchusae	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 anchusae/	Longitarsus anchusae	a flea beetle				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium vulgare/	Echium vulgare	viper’s-bugloss			leaf					larva grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is grazed by adult			Longitarsus anchusae	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 anchusae/	Longitarsus anchusae	a flea beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium vulgare/	Echium vulgare	viper’s-bugloss			leaf					adult grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is grazed by larva			Longitarsus curtus	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 curtus/	Longitarsus curtus	a flea beetle				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium vulgare/	Echium vulgare	viper’s-bugloss			leaf					larva grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is grazed by adult			Longitarsus curtus	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 curtus/	Longitarsus curtus	a flea beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium vulgare/	Echium vulgare	viper’s-bugloss			leaf					adult grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is grazed by larva			Longitarsus exsoletus	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 exsoletus/	Longitarsus exsoletus	a flea beetle				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium vulgare/	Echium vulgare	viper’s-bugloss			leaf					larva grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is grazed by adult			Longitarsus exsoletus	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 exsoletus/	Longitarsus exsoletus	a flea beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium vulgare/	Echium vulgare	viper’s-bugloss			leaf					adult grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is grazed by larva			Longitarsus quadriguttatus	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 quadriguttatus/	Longitarsus quadriguttatus	a flea beetle				larva	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium vulgare/	Echium vulgare	viper’s-bugloss			leaf		Minor			larva grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf is grazed by adult			Longitarsus quadriguttatus	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 quadriguttatus/	Longitarsus quadriguttatus	a flea beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium vulgare/	Echium vulgare	viper’s-bugloss			leaf		Minor			adult grazes on leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph			Ramularia echii	(An Anamorphic Fungus)	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia echii/	Ramularia echii	(an anamorphic fungus)		amphigenous	colony	Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium vulgare/	Echium vulgare	viper’s-bugloss		live	leaf					amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium			Leptosphaeria cesatiana	an ascomycete	Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Leptosphaeriaceae/Leptosphaeria cesatiana/	Leptosphaeria cesatiana	an ascomycete		immersed		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Echium vulgare/	Echium vulgare	viper’s-bugloss		dead	stem					immersed pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Braun, U., 1998	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, 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.
Kevan D.K., 1967	The British Species of the genus Longitarsus (Col., Chrysomelidae)	Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 103: 83-110.
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles	Wayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Echium vulgare (Viper’s-bugloss) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Echium
(viper’s buglosses)

BORAGINACEAE
(borages, comfreys and forget-me-nots)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Echium vulgare (Viper’s-bugloss)
Genus	Echium (viper’s buglosses)
Family	BORAGINACEAE (borages, comfreys and forget-me-nots)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Echium vulgare is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Boraginaceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Echium vulgare (Viper’s-bugloss)

Echium vulgare (Viper’s-bugloss) may 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 Echium vulgare (Viper’s-bugloss):

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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