Filago pyramidata L. (F. spathulata C.Presl)
Conservation status: EN
First record: GS Gibson, 1843
[Chrishall Grange, Gibson, 1843, New to Britain, Phytol.(1842–5)3:216, Jermyn, Fl Essex,1974.]
Filago Jussiaei, which occurs plentifully from within two miles of Cambridge to the town of Linton, is probably... F. spathulata(Presl.)... that previously to the discovery of F. Jussiaei near Linton by Mr GS Gibson, it had been found in Sussex by Mr Mitten, and in Dorsetshire by Mr. Woods. C.C.B. Ann.Mag,Nat.Hist.Series 2 (1848),2:292–293.
Filago Jussiaei ...gathered four or five years ago,... My attention was again called to it a short time ago by Joshua Clarke, when on a botanical excursion in Cambridgeshire,... The locality for it in this neighbourhood is road–sides and cultivated fields, on a sandy soil, in the borders of Cambridgeshire and Essex. It frequently grows intermixed with F. germanica... G.S.Gibson, July 1848. Notice on the Discovery of Filago Jussiaei near Saffron Walden. GS Gibson, Phytol.(1848)3(1):216. 23
W of Morden Grange Plantation, Ashwell, JE Little, 11.9.1912, det. TCG Rich 1994, CGE. [listed under 52/33 in TCG Rich list, 11.7.1994]
SW side, Morden Grange Plantation, JE Little, 1.7.1921, det. TCG Rich 1994, CGE. [listed under 52/33 in TCG Rich list, 11.7.1994]
Field by Morden Grange Plantation, CD Pigott, PD Sell 50/116, SM Walters, 26.7.1950, det. TCG Rich 1994, CGE. [listed under 52/33 in TCG Rich list, 11.7.1994] 25
Filago sph with F. apiculata at Gamlingay. West,1898,253.
Old railway cutting, Gamlingay, 237.517, 'has been recorded here, more recently regarded as a form of F. vulgaris.' GMS Easy, c.1975. [in list in Trust's archive files, seen 1994]. 34
Melbourn; Newbould, Bab.1860.
Royston; Newbould. Bab.1860,126. 35
Caldecot. CC Babington, 1856, det. TCG Rich 1994, BM.
Caldecote, Bab.1860.
Bourn, Newbould, Bab.1860.
Kingston, Bab.1860. 38
Turf Fen, A Fryer, 1885, AF.cat. 44
Filago jussiaei First found at Chrishall Grange in 1843, GSG[ibson] & JC[larke], Garnons' Herbarium, SWN.
Chrishall Grange, 1843. G[ibson]. Gibson,1862.
Near Chrishall Grange, 445.439, V.c.29, G Crompton, 1956, det. J Holub; det. TCG Rich 1994, CGE.
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Filago spathulata Specimen: 'Triplow Heath before the enclosure, where it was common, 1848. N. M.' Mr GS Gibson records this species as growing at Chrishall Grange in 1842... [sic] Maynard MS.13:340.CRO.
To the east of the Church, Triplow, CC Babington, 17 July, 1860, det. J Holub; det TCG Rich, CGE. ['Whittlesford',TCG Rich, 1995],
Triplow Heath, Bab.1860.
Near Thriplow, 434.453 [?444.453], G Crompton, 1956, det. J Holub, CGE.
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Edge of arable field, Whittlesford, 459.484, SM Walters, 9.9.1955, det. J Holub; det. TCG Rich 1994, CGE.
Near 9 Wells, Thriplow, [in Whittlesford] 9.10.1958, FH Perring & SM Walters.
Blacklands, [in Whittlesford] (with Lythrum hyssopifolia), DE Coombe, 1958, Proc. BSBI, 1958.
Near Thriplow, abnormal growth in very wet season, [in Whittlesford,TCG Rich,1995], JE Lousley, 9.11.1958, det. TCG Rich 1994, BM.
Cornfields, Thriplow, [in Whittlesford, TCG Rich, 1995], DP Young, 1958, det. TCG Rich 1994, BM.
Wet, arable land, Thriplow, in [Whittlesford] W. of Stanmoor Hall, 44–48–, SM Walters, 9.10.1958, det. TCG Rich 1994, CGE.
Waterlogged hollow in field, between Newton and Thriplow, [in Whittlesford] 447.484, PD Sell 58/260 and C.West, 17.10.1958, det. TCG Rich 1994, CGE.
Abandoned margin of arable field, near Thriplow, in Whittlesford] 446.485, DE Coombe & SM Walters, 27.10.1958, det. TCG Rich 1994, CGE.
Whittlesford, ST Jermyn, 1958, det. TCG Rich 1994, US.
Near Newton, Whittlesford, EC Wallace, 1963, det. A Hoare, RNG.
Whittlesford, RA Boniface, 1964, NMW.
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Inside hedge by Stanmoor Hall, on Whittlesford–Newton Road, JE Raven, 1974.
Near Stanmoor Hall, not found– f. JE Raven, 16.3.1977.
Beet field from which JE Raven recorded plants in 1973, now bisected by M.11. c.70 plants seen in wheat field and rough ground associated with roadworks. In wheat field and, in larger numbers, on rough ground at top of road embankments on either side and contained within boundary fencing [of M.11]. c.40 plants in area to south of motorway; 25–30 plants between new track to Stanmoor Hall and embankment of M.11, c.150 paces along top of this embankment. Several plants quite bushy– c.20 cms tall and 20 cms wide. 457.484, CS and Pop.map, DR Donald, 22.8.1978.
Near Stanmoor Hall, seed collected for Kew, AC Leslie and DR Donald with L Farrell, 23.8.1978; AC Leslie and DR Donald, 19.9.1978.
Near Stanmoor Hall, Whittlesford, 45–48–, plants occur all around the field immediately SE of new road [ bridge road over M.11] SE of Stanmoor Hall, and also in small triangular 'waste' field between new road and hedge, SW of Stanmoor Hall farmhouse. AC Leslie, [Pop.Map, 26.9.1978.
Stanmoor Hall, 2 plants under fence of new bridge road, with Lythrum hyssopifolia, G Crompton, 26.9.1978.
c.100 plants, arable field margin, Stanmoor Hall, n.c.1984.
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Track to Lythrum hyssopifolia, Whittlesford, 449.490, [Newton end], MW Rand, 28.6.1969, (& in litt. 13.3.1975).
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Near Chrishall Grange, 445.439, V.c.29, G Crompton, 1956, det. J Holub; det. TCG Rich 1994, CGE. 45
Near Cambridge, CC Babington, 1842, det. TCG Rich 1994, BM.
Near Cambridge, CC Babington, 1847, det. Holub, K.
Churchill Babington brought me Filago Jussiaei from the Hills Road,... 1.8.1848. Bab.Mem.144.
I went alone and found the Filago plentifully by the Hills Road, especially near the house at the foot of the hill near the chalk pit, 2.8.1848. Bab.Mem.144.
Gogmagog Hills, CC Babington, 2.8.1848, det. TCG Rich 1994, CGE.
Near Cambridge, CC Babington, 1848, det. TCG Rich 1994, BM.
Cambridge, FA Hanbury, 1856, det TCG Rich 1994, BM.
[Cambridge, FA Hanbury, 1856, det. F. vulgaris, TCG Rich 1994, BM]
Gogmagog Hills, J Mathews, n.d., det. JR Edmondson, LIV.
Near Cambridge, CC Babington, 1857, det. TCG Rich 1994, BM. K
[Hedges, Hills Road, FA Hanbury, 1863, det .F. vulgaris TCG Rich 1994,.BM.]
Road, 3 miles from Cambridge, JW Carr, 9.9.1880, det. TCG Rich 1994, BM.
Near Cavendish College, Hills Road, Cambridge, CC Babington, July, 1886, det. TCG Rich 1994, CGE.
Close to Cambridge, 1886, Bab.ann.
Cambridge, FR Tennant, 1897, det. J.Holub, CGE.
Hinton, FR Tennant, June 1901, det. TCG Rich 1994, CGE.
Gogmagog Hills, PMG R[hodes] 1905, CBSC.
Gogmagog Hills, illeg. 1905, NMW.
[Hedges, Hills Road, FA Hanbury, 1863, det. F. vulgaris, TCG Rich 1994, BM]
[Near Cambridge, WC Barton & WH Purchas, 6.1857, BM. 'No re possibly not correct. TCG Rich.] 45/54
'...which occurs plentifully from within two miles of Cambridge to the town of Linton,...' CC Babington, Ann.Nat.Hist.(2) 1848,2:292.
By the Hills Road at three miles from Cambridge, and thence all the way to Linton, Bab.1860.
Various places by roadside between Cambridge and Linton, G Goode, 10.8.1907, det. TCG Rich 1994, CGE. 48
Block Fen, AF.ann.
Langwood Fen, AF.ann.
Chatteris, AF.ann. 49
By Wimblington Railway–station. Bab.1860. 54
Filago jussiaei Found in 1848 at... Hildersham. n.c., SWN.
Filago germanica var jussiaei amended : F. spathulata Hildersham, GS Gibson, n.d., SWN.
'Went to Saffron Walden to meet Borrer. Went with GS Gibson and Joshua Clarke to Linton, and near Hildersham was shown plenty of Filago Jussiaei... Newbould returned to Cambridge with us...' 27.7.1848, Bab.Mem.144.
Field near Hildersham to the right of the road between Abington and Linton half a mile from the turn to Hildersham. CC Babington, 1848, det TCG Rich 1994, BM & Hb Boswell Syme, 27.7.1848, BM.
Hildersham, CC Babington, 28.7.1848, det. J Holub, CGE.
Linton, JD Salmon, 7.1848, NWH.
Linton, W Borrer, 1848, det. Holub, K. LIV.
Hildersham, A Bennett, 2.8.1901, det. TCG Rich 1994, BM.
Fields by Hildersham Furze Hills, PGMR 1905, CBSC.
Hildersham, G Goode, 2.10.1907, CGE.
Roadside near Hildersham, G Goode, 2.10.1907, det.Holub; det TCG Rich 1994, BM.
Roadside near Hildersham, SH Bickham, 1907, det. JR Edmondson, LIV.
Hildersham, West ann.
Field between Furze Hills, Hildersham, AJ Crosfield, 27.8.1920, det.TCG Rich 1994, CGE.
Hildersham, AW Graveson, 1923, NMW.
Cultivated field below Furze Hills, Hildersham, Hb Bernard Ward, 9.9.1945, det. JE Lousley, SRD.
Filago spathulata Furze Hills, 9.7.1948. DE Coombe, Card index.
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F. jussiaei near Babraham, Gibson,1848,309.
Filago jussiaei Found in 1848 at Babraham... n.c., SWN.
Cornfield near Babraham, A Hosking, 1902, det. Holub, K.
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Hinxton, fields towards Chesterford, A Shrubbs, July, 1913, CGE. det. J Holub and SM Walters; TCG Rich1994.
Hinxton, A Shrubbs, July, 1921, det. J Holub; TCG Rich 1994. CGE.
[Hinxton] on chalk, near Little Chesterford but in Cambs. JE Lousley, 1934, det. A Hoare, RNG.
[Hinxton] Pampisford, near County boundary, JE Lousley, 1936, det A Hoare, RNG.
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Pampisford, 3.8.1946, Mills ann.
Common, old railway, Pampisford, 511.491–514.489, Pop.Map, GMS Easy, 8.8.1991, and PVT.
Old railway, Pampisford, west from large ash, 150m. west of A.505, 510.491–514.489, hundreds of plants, and 1 large plant, (collected) in stubble* on SW side, Pop.Map, G Crompton & R Payne, 1.10.1993, CGE. [* lost under tarmac of dual–carriageway, 1995.]
Pampisford, Pop. map amended 23.10.1993, G Crompton.
Pampisford old railway, 511.491–514.489, thousands of plants, Pop.Map, TCG Rich with A Arbon, 25.9.1993.
Pampisford old railway, 140 plants, incl. many small, unbranched/seedlings in 30 paces, between v. large ash clump [2nd ash tree from road] & railway cutting. (None found in cutting, part of which has been recently burnt and scrub removed leaving many old rabbit burrows visible) Pop. map & CPs, G Crompton & DA Wells, 11.7.1997.
38 plants, 32 & 59 paces from ash tree, JCA Rathmell, 12.7.1997, [R].
Fewer than last year, 39 & 52 paces from ash tree, old railway, 513.490, JCA Rathmell 25.6.1998, [R].
Old railway, 513.489, M Gurney, 21.9.1998, [R].
At least 90 plants, old railway, 512.490, M Gurney, 3.7.1999, [R]. 55
Arable field, Dungate Farm, 559.527, SM Walters, 20.9.1956, det. TCG Rich 1994, CGE. 56
Besides Devil's Dyke, 590.640, MO Hill, 21.7.1963.
Waterlogged patch in barley field by Devil's Ditch opposite Warbraham Farm, Burwell, 595.636, O Rackham, 17.7.1965.– 65
[?] Lt Widgham Wood, IH Burkill, 1900. 66
F. Jussiaei we noticed on the borders of some cornfields. [near Newmarket heath] Gibson,1848,310.
Newmarket, JA Fenton Hort, 1852, NWH.
Newmarket Heath, CC Babington, 20.6.1855, CGE.
Below 6 Mile Stables, Newmarket Heath, CC Babington, 20.6.1855, det. TCG Rich 1994, CGE.
About Newmarket, Bab.1860.
By the Cambridge road on Newmarket Heath, Bab.1860.
Near Newmarket, Backhouse, [d.1890] n.d., det Lusby, E.
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Chippenham Field, CC Babington, 29 July, 1852, CGE.
Chippenham Field, [?CC Babington], n.c., 29 July, 1852, det. TCG Rich 1994, CGE.
In plenty to the south of Chippenham Park. Bab.1860.
Chippenham Park, JE Lousley, 1945, det A Hoare, RNG.
Damp arable field near Avenue, Chippenham Park, SM Walters, 30.10.1958, det. TCG Rich 1994, CGE.
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Devil's Ditch, 1905, WCC [sic] & PGM Rhodes, CBSC.
Devil's Dyke, railway crossing, H Gilbert Carter, 17.9.1926, det. J Holub; TCG Rich 1994, CGE.
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SNAILWELL
Snailwell Gravel pit, 22.9.1924, Mills ann.
Arable field by Foxburrow Plantation, Snailwell, H Gilbert Carter & EF Warburg, 1941.
Snailwell, 646.675, Arable Weed Contract–f. TCG Rich.
Edge of barley field, Snailwell, [near Foxburrow Plantation] c.648.673, EM Hyde, 28.7.1986.
Snailwell, edge of barley field, 648.673, c.100 plants, G Crompton, 30.7.1986, CGE. [not found?–'not seen, but sure it is right.' TCG Rich.]
One plant only c.648.673, EM Hyde, 6.1989.
Quite common in arable field, c.100 plants, Snailwell, 647.667, 652.668, Pop.Map, GMS Easy, 4.10.1991, [not same site as EM Hyde]
c.50 large plants in 10 x 20m wasteground with clinkers and old bricks in arable field, Snailwell, 651.668–9, [not same part of field as GMS Easy in 1991], Pop. Map and CPs, G Crompton, 30.9.1993, CGE.
Snailwell, arable field now part of new gallops and rest of field laid to grass. CP of former site, G Crompton & DA Wells, 11.7.1997. 67
Fordham, 1885, AF.ann.
Fordham, WC Barton, 8.1903, det. TCG Rich 1994, BM.
Stubble field, Fordham, AJ Crosfield, 1909, det. TCG Rich 1994, BM.
Cornfield, Fordham, AJ Crosfield, 15.9.1909, CGE.
