Aceria baccharices
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Eriophyidae | Genus: Aceria
Hosts: Baccharis glutinosa / Baccharis salicifolia
Detachable: integral
Color: yellow, green
Texture: bumpy, hairless
Abundance: common
Shape: numerous
Season: Spring
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Alignment: integral
Walls: thick
Location: upper leaf, lower leaf, between leaf veins
Form: leaf blister
Cells: not applicable
Possible Range:i
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Synonymy: Pending...
Our ID Notes may contain important tips necessary for distinguishing this gall from similar galls and/or important information about the taxonomic status of this gall inducer.
An Illustrated Guide to Plant Abnormalities Caused by Eriophyid Mites in North America
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causes irregular, wartlike, rough-looking galls on the upper surface of the leaves of seep willow [Baccharis glutinosa Pers.] and mule-fat [Baccharis salicifolia]
”- Hartford Keifer, Edward Baker, Tokuwo Kono, Mercedes Delfinado, William Styer: (1982) An Illustrated Guide to Plant Abnormalities Caused by Eriophyid Mites in North America©
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