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
Archaeophyte. European Southern-temperate species. Declining, but found widely in
England, and scattered and in Wales, Scotland and Ireland.
Regional Distribution
Scattered in Cornwall, mostly east of Truro. Formerly recorded on Bryher (SV81), Isles of Scilly and across West Cornwall.
Habitat & Ecology
A rare arable weed and sometimes found on roadsides and sometimes in abundance.
Threats
Herbicides and change of crops in arable land-use.
Conservation
Most sites are unprotected.
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.