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
Endemic to Devon, south-east Ireland and Cornwall.
Regional Distribution
It occurs in Cornwall at only two nearby sites very close to the border with Devon; at
Tetcott and north of Beardon (SX39). Last recorded in 1999, it is presumed to still be
there.
Habitat & Ecology
Grows in a few rural Cornish Hedges.
Threats
Hedge removal and inappropriate management.
Conservation
Neither site is protected.
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.