Astrantia disease

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• Simone_in_Wiltshire Posts: 1,073

  July 2023

  I’m no expert @Privet but looks to me like this https://www.rhs.org.uk/biodiversity/astrantia-leaf-miner

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• Privet Posts: 93

  July 2023

  Thanks Simone, but I don’t think it’s that. I’ve never seen creatures on the plant and the discolouration is too evenly spread. Thanks anyway

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• punkdoc Posts: 15,039

  July 2023

  Looks like Astrantia leaf miner to me.

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  When you don't even know who's in the team
  
  S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border

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• Buttercupdays Posts: 4,546

  July 2023

  I don't think that is leaf miner, the pattern of damage is different. You don't see them on the leaf surface though, they dig tunnels between the upper and lower layers of the leaves.

  Your damage looks to me more like some kind of fungal rust infection and if it were my plant I would remove it to avoid risk of it spreading to the others.
  

  
  

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• Privet Posts: 93

  July 2023

  Buttercupdays said:

  I don't think that is leaf miner, the pattern of damage is different. You don't see them on the leaf surface though, they dig tunnels between the upper and lower layers of the leaves.

  Your damage looks to me more like some kind of fungal rust infection and if it were my plant I would remove it to avoid risk of it spreading to the others.
  

  
  

  It has been like this for the past few years and has never affected other plants. I did wonder about rust but it didn’t seem to fit the bill somehow. Maybe i should just discard it.

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• Privet Posts: 93

  July 2023

  punkdoc said:

  Looks like Astrantia leaf miner to me.

  Thanks but I’m not convinced it’s that

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