Verbascum thapsus L.
(Great Mullein)

Interactions where Verbascum thapsus 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
(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph UK/Ireland Leveillula verbasci Mullein 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/Leveillula verbasci/Leveillula verbascimullein mildewconidial anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum thapsus/Verbascum thapsusgreat mulleinlive (10-11)conidial anamorph parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium UK/Ireland Leveillula verbasci Mullein 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/Leveillula verbasci/Leveillula verbascimullein mildewcleistothecium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum thapsus/Verbascum thapsusgreat mulleinlive (10-11)cleistothecium parasitises live
bud bud is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Cleopus pulchellus a figwort weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cleopus pulchellus/Cleopus pulchellusa figwort weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum thapsus/Verbascum thapsusgreat mulleinbud larva grazes on bud
flower flower is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Cleopus pulchellus a figwort weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cleopus pulchellus/Cleopus pulchellusa figwort weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum thapsus/Verbascum thapsusgreat mulleinflower larva grazes on flower
inflorescence inflorescence is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Cionus nigritarsis a mullein weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cionus nigritarsis/Cionus nigritarsisa mullein weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum thapsus/Verbascum thapsusgreat mulleininflorescence larva grazes on inflorescence
leaf (underside) leaf (underside) is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Cleopus pulchellus a figwort weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cleopus pulchellus/Cleopus pulchellusa figwort weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum thapsus/Verbascum thapsusgreat mulleinleaf (underside) larva grazes on leaf (underside)
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Cionus hortulanus a figwort weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cionus hortulanus/Cionus hortulanusa figwort weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum thapsus/Verbascum thapsusgreat mulleinleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/IrelandMajor Cionus longicollis form montanus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cionus longicollis forma montanus/Cionus longicollis forma montanusa weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum thapsus/Verbascum thapsusgreat mulleinleafMajor larva grazes on leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by mostly hypophyllous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white caespituli of Ramularia anamorph Foreign Mycosphaerella mariae an ascomycete Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella mariae/Mycosphaerella mariaean ascomycetemostly hypophyllous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish whitecaespituliRamularia anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum thapsus/Verbascum thapsusgreat mulleinliveleaf mostly hypophyllous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white caespituli of Ramularia anamorph causes spots on live leaf
shoot (pale yellow) pale yellow shoot may be infected and damaged by sporangium UK/Ireland Peronospora verbasci a downy mildew Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Peronospora sordida, Hall, G., 1961
A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora verbasci/Peronospora verbascia downy mildewsporangium Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum thapsus/Verbascum thapsusgreat mulleinpale yellowshoot sporangium infects and damages pale yellow shoot
stem stem is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Cleopus pulchellus a figwort weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Cleopus pulchellus/Cleopus pulchellusa figwort weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum thapsus/Verbascum thapsusgreat mulleinstem larva grazes on stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by linearly arranged, immersed, becoming erumpent Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Phomopsis verbasci a coelomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Phomopsis verbasci/Phomopsis verbascia coelomycetelinearly arranged, immersed, becoming erumpentPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Verbascum thapsus/Verbascum thapsusgreat mulleindeadstem (3)linearly arranged, immersed, becoming erumpent Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Hall, G., 1961Peronospora sordidaI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1062.
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Morris, M.G., 2002True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to SmicronychinaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Preece, T.F., 2002A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles33pp, British Mycological Society

Verbascum thapsus (Great Mullein) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesVerbascum thapsus (Great Mullein)
GenusVerbascum (mulleins)
FamilySCROPHULARIACEAE (figworts and mulleins)
OrderLAMIALES (dead-nettles, eye-brights, foxgloves and speedwells)
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 Verbascum thapsus (Great Mullein)

Verbascum thapsus (Great Mullein) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Verbascum thapsus (Great Mullein):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 16 images of Verbascum thapsus (Great Mullein)
Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioInfo website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)