The descriptive text, below the map, is from the Cornish Red Data Book (2009). The map on this web page depicts the organisms distribution and shows the records made pre-2000 and those made since.
Range & Status
Native. European Temperate plant; also in Central Asia. Found in the Pennines, western Scotland, northern and western Irish coasts, and Cornwall.
Regional Distribution
Apart from one other recent site at Kiberick Cove (SW93), it is restricted to The Lizard
coast (SW61 and SW71).
Habitat & Ecology
On The Lizard it parasitises Wild Thyme Thymus polytrichus , where that species grows on ultra-basic rocks. It is most common in short-turf coastal grassland within 100 metres of the cliff-top.
Threats
The scrubbing up of coastal maritime grassland.
Conservation
Most of the sites are protected and managed by the National Trust or Natural England.
I.J. Bennallick, S. Board, C.N. French, P.A. Gainey, C. Neil, R. Parslow, A. Spalding and P.E. Tompsett. eds. 2009. Red Data Book for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. 2nd Edition.Croceago Press.
The Cornish Red Data Book Project was led by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Federation for Biological Recorders (CISFBR). The full text and species accounts (minus the maps) are available on the CISFBR website.