Aster tripolium L
Conservation status: C
First record: Ray,1660 47
var. tripolium, Two miles below Earith, by the 100 foot river, A Fryer, 1878, CGE.
By 100ft. Sutton gault, AF.cat.
Sometimes plentiful on newly dredged out mud. Well established along 100ft. to Oxlode. AF.ann.
2 miles below Earith on 100ft. A Fryer, 1878. Bab.ann.
Many thanks for the specimen of Bupleurum tenuissimum from Sutton... I presume that the Aster and this Bupleurum are remnants of an old tidal flora, before the erection of Denver sluices. 21.10.1882. In litt. to A Fryer. Bab.Mem.397.
Extends inland as far as Sutton. Evans,1911,229. 30
... and at Parsons Drove. Skrim.MS. 40/ 41
Tripolium majus et minus Sea Starwort. In most of the ditches about Wisbich. Ray,1660,169(121).
Triplolium Wisbich JM.ann.
Aster maritimus purpureus Tripolium dictus Martyn,1727,27.
Triplolium Wisbich Th.M.ann.Meth.-Index Loc.(f.)6.
Wisbech. Martyn,1763,Herbat.XII.
Aster tri W(isbech) Fisher ann. Berkenhout,235.
Aster tripolium Sea Starwort. Near Wisbech. Relhan,1785.
Common In Salt Water Ditches,... Skrim.MS.
On the river-banks, both above and below Wisbech. Bab.1860,118. 41
Aster tri b Lightf. Washway below Wisbh. My Specm from Brancaster 1796. Skrim.MS.
In the Shire drain, below Wisbech. between Tidd Gote and Wisbech. Gote you know is an old word for a sluice, but the sign at Tid is as venerable a goat as you ever saw. Relhan,litt.1799.
Aster tripolium Sea Bank. [probably near Wisbech]. var. with ligulate fls. Aug.12 1801, Anon Hb NWH.
Shire Drain below Wisbeach: and in the Ditch on the Left Hand Side of the Road leading from Wisbeach to Tydd Gote. Relhan,1802;1820.
Below Wisbech, JS Henslow, 31.8.1831, var discoideus Rohb, det. PD Sell 1985, CGE.
Newbould and I went to Wisbech. A most beautiful day. We walked by the Sutton turnpike road... then along the old drain to Foul Anchor, where we looked for the plants recorded to have been formerly found there. The salt marshes have quite vanished, and therefore very few of the plants remain.... Aster tripolium, Glaux,... alone, of those recorded by Relhan. 3.10.1853. Bab.Mem.171.
Aster tri 'Common'. Wisbech. Peckover,1859.
County Drain, near Tidd Gout. Bab.1860,118.
Wisbech, AF.ann.
On the river banks above Wisbech, HD. ann.
Foul Anchor (and var discoideus), CEM.ann.
Above the river at Wisbech, 1930, JSL Gilmour.
Bank of the River Nene, Wisbech, JL Crosby, 1938.
R. Nene, L. bank, Foul Anchor, West of Wisbech, SM Walters (± on county boundary), JSL Gilmour, PD Sell & C West, 18.9.1952, var discoideus Rohb, det. PD Sell 1985, CGE.
var. tripolium, Bank of R. Nene between Ferry Station and Foul Anchor, 457.147, PD Sell 61/689, 22.9.1961, CGE.
var discoideus Rohb, Bank of R. Nene, Foul Anchor, 466.176, PD Sell 61/690, 22.9.1961, det. PD Sell 1985, CGE. 'var discoideus was more frequent in 1961', f. PD Sell 16.12.1989.
Occasional along the muddy river bank, not yet in flower, Foul Anchor, SM Walters, & CNT Exc.18.8.1973, [R].
Foul Anchor, P Adam, 1976.
var discoideus, Foul Anchor, AC Leslie, D Donald, A Smith, 11.9.1977.
Banks of River Nene, 46-16-, 46-17-, var discoideus, apparently the only form, or at least the only form in flower at present, AC Leslie. [?1977]
Foul Anchor s.s. 3 clumps on edge of river mud, not flowering, G Crompton, 22.8.1998.
Foul Anchor, G Beckett, DA Wells, J Gaffney, JO Mountford, K Tucker & G Crompton, 26.7.1992.
Several plants, Foul Anchor, CJ Cadbury, 6.1994, [R].
among taller vegetation near river bank, Foul Anchor, 466,176, PH Oswald, 2.8.1998, [R].
Foul Anchor, scattered along bank of the remnant of remaining salt marsh (S of Foul Anchor), var triplolium and var discoideus in flower, G Crompton & J Bulleid, 5.10.1998.
Foul Anchor, 465.175, R Parslow, 2.9.1999. [R]
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Newton, V.c.28, 46-15-, 45-14-, G Beckett, DA Wells, 26.7.1992.
tall clump in flower & 2 smaller clumps on mud bank, cattle grazed, nr Wisbech, 45-11-, 45-10-, [Leverington], G Crompton & R Payne, 15.9.1982, [R].
Tydd St Giles 41T, Newton 41L, & Leverington 41K all V.c.28 in Cambs, G Beckett, DA Wells, J Gaffney, JO Mountford, K Tucker & G Crompton, 26.7.1992.
Right bank of R Nene opp. Foul Anchor, [Walpole St Peter, V.c.29], R Payne, 25.7.1987. [R]
