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Cornish Red Data (2009)

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.

Triphragmium filipendulae



Range & Status

Apparently rare, though the host plant Dropwort Filipendula vulgaris is locally frequent on calcareous downland in southern England. There are records from east Gloucestershire, South Devon, Worcestershire, Yorkshire and Cornwall. There are two recent records from the Lizard Peninsula: Kynance Cove (The National Trust) 1972 and Nankidden 1982. Dropwort is a rare plant in Cornwall in general, but it is abundant on the Lizard Peninsula growing in soil overlying the ultrabasic serpentine rock.

Source:

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.