Hieracium L.
(hawkweeds)

Interactions where Hieracium 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
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 aureolusa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Hieracium/Hieraciumhawkweedspollen (4-)5-6(-9)adult feeds on pollen
may have adult Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis 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 hypochaeridis/Cryptocephalus hypochaeridisa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Hieracium/Hieraciumhawkweeds (4-9)adult may be found on
may have adult Foreign Cryptocephalus violaceus 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 violaceus/Cryptocephalus violaceusa leaf beetleadult Plant / resting place / onForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Hieracium/Hieraciumhawkweeds adult may be found on
is foodplant of Glocianus moelleri a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Glocianus moelleri/Glocianus moelleria weevil Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Hieracium/Hieraciumhawkweeds feeds on
flower is visited for nectar and/or pollen by adult Thecophora a genus of beegrabbers Diptera: Conopidae Diptera: Conopidae, Smith, K.G.V., 1969
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Conopidae/Thecophora/Thecophoraa genus of beegrabbersadult Foodplant / visitor /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Hieracium/Hieraciumhawkweedsflower adult visits for nectar and/or pollen flower
(live) live is parasitised by sporangium UK/IrelandRare Bremia lactucae s. lat. Lettuce Downy Mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae 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/Hieracium/HieraciumhawkweedsliveRare sporangium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by UK/Ireland Golovinomyces cichoracearum a powdery mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Golovinomyces cichoracearum/Golovinomyces cichoracearuma powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Hieracium/Hieraciumhawkweedslive parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by pycnium Puccinia hieracii var hieracii 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/Puccinia hieracii var. hieracii/Puccinia hieracii var. hieraciia rust funguspycnium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Hieracium/Hieraciumhawkweedslive pycnium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by uredinoid aecium Puccinia hieracii var hieracii 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/Puccinia hieracii var. hieracii/Puccinia hieracii var. hieraciia rust fungusuredinoidaecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Hieracium/Hieraciumhawkweedslive uredinoid aecium parasitises live
capitulum capitulum may contain larva ForeignQuestionable Campiglossa producta a gall fly Diptera: Tephritidae Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Campiglossa producta/Campiglossa productaa gall flylarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Hieracium/Hieraciumhawkweeds?capitulum larva feeds within capitulum
flower bud flower bud is galled by larva Noeeta pupillata Eyed Hawkweed Fly Diptera: Tephritidae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Noeeta pupillata/Noeeta pupillataeyed hawkweed flylarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Hieracium/Hieraciumhawkweedsflower bud larva causes gall of flower bud
leaf (midrib, lamina) leaf (midrib, lamina) is mined by larva Ophiomyia pulicaria a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia pulicaria/Ophiomyia pulicariaa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Hieracium/Hieraciumhawkweedsleaf (midrib, lamina) larva mines leaf (midrib, lamina)
leaf (petiole at base) leaf (petiole at base) may house puparium Ophiomyia pulicaria a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Ophiomyia pulicaria/Ophiomyia pulicariaa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Hieracium/Hieraciumhawkweedsleaf (petiole at base) puparium may be found in leaf (petiole at base)
leaf leaf is mined by larva UK/Ireland Chromatomyia syngenesiae Chrysanthemum Leaf Miner Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Chromatomyia syngenesiae/Chromatomyia syngenesiaechrysanthemum leaf minerlarva Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Hieracium/Hieraciumhawkweedsleaf larva mines leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva Foreign Liriomyza hieracii a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Liriomyza hieracii/Liriomyza hieraciia leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Hieracium/Hieraciumhawkweedsleaf larva mines leaf
leaf leaf may contain larva Restricted Phytomyza rufescens a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza rufescens/Phytomyza rufescensa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Hieracium/HieraciumhawkweedsleafSole larva feeds within leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva Foreign 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/Hieracium/Hieraciumhawkweedsleaf larva mines leaf
leaf (live) live leaf has sap sucked by Nasonovia ribisnigri Currant-lettude Aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Nasonovia (Nasonovia) ribisnigri/Nasonovia (Nasonovia) ribisnigricurrant-lettude aphid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Hieracium/Hieraciumhawkweedsliveleaf (5-summer)sucks sap of live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Mycosphaerella hieracii an ascomycete Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella hieracii/Mycosphaerella hieraciian ascomyceteamphigenouscolonyRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Hieracium/Hieraciumhawkweedsliveleaf amphigenous colony of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by uredium Puccinia hieracii var hieracii 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/Puccinia hieracii var. hieracii/Puccinia hieracii var. hieraciia rust fungusuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Hieracium/Hieraciumhawkweedsliveleaf uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by embedded sorus UK/Ireland Entyloma hieracii a smut fungus Entylomatales: Entylomataceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Entylomatales/Entylomataceae/Entyloma hieracii/Entyloma hieraciia smut fungusembeddedsorus Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Hieracium/Hieraciumhawkweedsliveleaf embedded sorus causes spots on live leaf
stem (live) live stem is galled by larva Aulacidea hieracii Hawkweed Stem-gall Wasp Hymenoptera: Cynipidae Hymenoptera - Cynipoidea, Key to families and subfamilies and Cynipinae (including galls), Eady R.D. & Quinlan, J., 1963
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Cynipidae/Aulacidea hieracii/Aulacidea hieraciihawkweed stem-gall wasplarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Hieracium/Hieraciumhawkweedslivestem larva causes gall of live stem
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by uredium Puccinia hieracii var hieracii 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/Puccinia hieracii var. hieracii/Puccinia hieracii var. hieraciia rust fungusuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Hieracium/Hieraciumhawkweedslivestem uredium parasitises live stem
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by telium Puccinia hieracii var hieracii 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/Puccinia hieracii var. hieracii/Puccinia hieracii var. hieraciia rust fungustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Hieracium/Hieraciumhawkweedslivestem telium 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
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Eady R.D. & Quinlan, J., 1963Hymenoptera - Cynipoidea, Key to families and subfamilies and Cynipinae (including galls)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VIII, Part 1 (a), 81pp, 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
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
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., 2002A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles33pp, British Mycological Society
Smith, K.G.V., 1969Diptera: ConopidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 3(a), 19pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)
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

Hieracium (hawkweeds) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Hieracium alpinum
Alpine Hawkweed
Microspecies 1 trophisms
Hieracium maculatum
a hawkweed
Microspecies 1 trophisms
Hieracium neocoracinum
Craig Cerrig-Gleisiad Hawkweed, Craig Gleisiad Hawkweed
Microspecies 1 references
Hieracium prenanthoides
Rough-leaved Hawkweed
Microspecies 2 trophisms
Hieracium radyrense
Radyr Hawkweed
Microspecies 1 references
Hieracium sabaudum
Autumn Hawkweed
Microspecies 2 trophisms
Hieracium schmidtii
Schmidt’s Hawkweed
Microspecies 1 trophisms
Hieracium sect. Murorum
a group of hawkweeds
Species aggregate 3 trophisms
Hieracium sect. Sabauda
a group of hawkweeds
Section (Bot.) 2 trophisms
Hieracium umbellatum
Umbellate Hawkweed
Microspecies 12 trophisms
Hieracium vulgatum sensu auct. Angl.
Common Hawkweed
Microspecies 11 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusHieracium (hawkweeds)
TribeLactuceae (“dandelions”)
SubfamilyLACTUCOIDEAE (“dandelions”)
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 Hieracium (hawkweeds)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Tennant, D. & Rich, T. 2008 British Alpine Hawkweeds 234pp, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)

Hampshire

Rand, M. 2011 A Reduced Key for Hieracium (Hawkweeds) in Hampshire and Nearby Counties http://hantsplants.org.uk/articles.php

Hieracium (hawkweeds) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Institute of Botany, Academic Sciences of the Czech Republic Hieracium Study Group www.ibot.cas.cz/hieracium/studygroup

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Hieracium (hawkweeds):

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