Lathyrus aphaca L. See also Part II (click
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Conservation status: C
First record: Ray, 1660
Aphaca Yellow Vetchling. Common in fields. Ray,1660,13-14(43). Martyn,1727,85.
Aphaca Yellow Vetchling. Inter segetes. Ray,1670:25.
Aphaca. Yellow vetchling. It is a common weed amongst the Corn in Cambridgeshire;... Martyn,1732,1:68.
Cambridgeshire C Abbott, Fl.Selecta 1:25, LTN.
Lathyrus aphaca Yellow Vetchling. Relhan,1785;1802;1820.
Lathy aph has disappeared from all its localities near Cambridge. West,1898,251.
Possibly introduced with lucerne or sainfoin seed, according to Charles Ambrose of Swaffham Prior, f. JW Clarke, 5.11.1989. 34 or 35
Orwell, Newbould, Bab. 1860.
Near Shepreth, TG Tutin, 1932. 35
Toft, very plentiful, JNM [?] 1946.
Small colony on N side of road, Millers Way, Toft, 356.564; seen in strength on S side in previous years, R Payne, 1981.
TRACK TO HARDWICK WOOD [TOFT]
Several patches, now with ripe fr. but pods not dehisced on the track E of Hardwick Wood, 18.7.1952. Flowering abundantly there, 9.6.1957. DE Coombe, Card index.
c.75 yds along track to Hardwick Wood, on left side, PH Oswald, 1953.
Abundant on track, nr Hardwick, 364.572, PD Sell, 65/395, 16.7.1965, CGE.
Grass verge of green lane en route to Wood Farm, 36-57-, PJO Trist, 26.7.1974, [R].
Track to Hardwick Wood, Trust Exc. Rep. 1979.
Still in considerable quantity, track to Hardwick Wood, between road and Wood Farm, 365.572-361.575, PD Sell, 19.7.1988.
Track to Hardwick Wood, locally frequent, U3A exc., G Crompton, DA Wells et al, 8.7.1991.
Track to Hardwick Wood, JCA Rathmell, 3.6.1996.
Lots, FP to Hardwick Wood, between 32 & 52 paces from road, JCA Rathmell, 5.6.1997.
W side of track, 364.571, M Gurney, 30.6.1999, [R].
Grassland by track on E half of track E of Hardwick Wood, TA Dines, DA Pearman & CD Preston, 26.6.2000.
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Hardwick: G Foggitt, 29.6.1938, HDD.
Roadside about quarter of a mile S of Hardwick, PW Richards, 1945.
St Neot's Rd nr Madingley turning, 1914, Shrubbs ann.
Comberton, Newbould, Bab.1860,64 & Bab.MS.Fl.205.. 36
Weed of allotments, Boxworth, 36L, P Harding, 1970+ 44
Lathyrus aphaca In... 1869 I found...growing in the small pasture. ...[Jacksons Close Whittlesford]. I had not found it there before, and only on a few occasions since. Maynard MS,13:258.
Near Newton, by road to Cambridge, GH Bryan, Bab.ann. 45
Common about Cambridge. Teversham. &c.Henslow ann. 2:291.
Teversham, JS Henslow, 20.6.1823 & 1.6.1826, CGE.
Teversham; Henslow. Bab.1860,64 & Bab.MS.Fl.205..
Teversham Lane, JE Wilson, 28.7.1885, CGE.
Teversham, RH Goode, 14.6.1906, CGE.
Teversham Lane, 1906-7, Shrubbs ann.
Teversham Lane, A Malins Smith, 28.7.1907.
Teversham Lane, AH Evans, 20.8.1908, CGE.
Teversham Lane, 1911,1912-1916. Shrubbs ann.
Lane Hinton church to Teversham, AS Shrubbs, 1914, CGE.
Lane, Hinton Church to Teversham, AG Gregor, 21.6.1915, CGE.
By roadside between Teversham & Cherry Hinton, G Goode, 21.7.1915, CGE.
Teversham, gathered the same time as specimens for Mr Hunnybun's drawings for new British Flora, AS Shrubbs, 7.1915, CGE.
Between Teversham & Old Cherry Hinton, KS Winteringham, 9.1956, PVT.
Hinton, C., JS Henslow, 1.4.1830, 1.4.1831, CGE.
Hinton, CC Babington, 5.1833, CGE.
Hinton. Bab.1860,64 & Bab.MS.Fl.205.
Cherry Hinton and near the Hills Rd., A Hosking,1902, Hosking,1903.
Nr Cherry Hinton, CC Mountford, 7.1903, UPP.
Nr Cherry Hinton, A Malins Smith, 28.7.1907.
Cherry Hinton, 5.1935, Edith Rawlins, ann.
Old chalk-pit at Cherry Hinton, DWP Granham, 1939
Netherhall Playing Field, rough grass, 482.556, P Stebbings, 10.5.1991.
Bank on the left of the 2nd road to Hinton. 1833,Coleman(a),9.
Grassy banks between the Ely & Huntingdon roads. etc. etc. 1833,Coleman(a),9.
COTON FOOTPATH
Coton, W.L.P.G., 2.6.1824, SWN.
Path between the hedges from Trinity towards Coton. 1833,Coleman(a),9.
By the footpath to Coton, Bab.1860,64 & Bab.MS.Fl.205.
By side of Coton FP, near factory, MC Anderson, 6.1958.
By the Cambridge to Coton FP, 42-58-, PD Sell, 58/206, 17.7.1958, CGE.
Coton FP, still there, MG Walters, 1973.
Coton FP off Adams Rd, JE Raven, 1977.
Coton FP, abund. in field corner & in new plantation in L-turning of FP at 427.586-7, CJ Cadbury, 24.4.1989; G Crompton & B Jackson, 11.5.1989.
Coton F.P., c.30 on W side of path as it turns N., 4269.5870, JCA Rathmell, 13.7.1997.
Along edge of Plantation at sharp bend in FP 31, 426.587, M Gurney, 29.6.1998, [R].
A lot in area that was tall dense scrub in 2000, Coton footpath, 427.587, AC Leslie and AL Bull, 9.7.2001.
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Hedge opposite the Observatory gate. 1833,Coleman(a),9.
By the road-side between the Observatory and Moor Barns, Bab. 1860.
Side of Madingley Rd, 2 miles from Cambridge, AJ Crosfield, 19.7.1912, CGE.
Madingley Rd opposite border of trees, 6.1914, & 6.1918, Mills ann.
Field bordering on Madingley Road, AJ Crosfield, 16.6.1915, CGE.
N. side, a little beyond Newall's entry, H Jeffreys, 1940.
Roadside between Cambridge and Madingley, June 1946, Hb DEC/526. DE Coombe Card index.
Footpath to Grantchester; Newbould. Bab.1860,64 & Bab.MS.Fl.205.
Grantchester, frequent over several yards with Lotus cor, by W edge of M.11, 423.553, SM Walters, 14.7.1999, [R].
Hills Road, Bab.1860,64 & Bab.MS.Fl.205..
Hills Road, HD.ann.
Common about Cambridge. 1833,Coleman(a),9.
Road between Hills Road & Stapleford, 1879, HD ann.
Hills Rd, A Shrubbs, 13.7.1882, CGE.
Hills Rd, TH Corry, 7.1882, BEL.
Cambridge, JS Henslow, 20.6.1826, CGE.
Cambridge, CC Babington, 5.1833, CGE.
Cambridge, Ann. Lee, 25.7.1915.
Cambridge, 1946, DE Coombe Hb No. 526.
Has disappeared from all its localities near Cambridge, W West (JB 1898).
Birdseed alien, 44 Langdon Rd., Cambridge, FH Perring, 6.8.1963. 46
Lathyrus aphaca at Histon near Cambrid. T.W[oodward]. Crowe ann.Hudson,1778.315.
Grassland nr Milton gravel pits, 476.624–477.625, GMS Easy, 4.7.1984, PVT. 54
Hildersham, Hb JA Power, 10.7.1838, RTE.
Balsham (abundant occasionally). Smart,1856.
Great Ditch, Pampisford, TG Tutin, 1930. 55
Found by me this year growing on the same spot where I gathered it 10 years ago, viz sides of an open fir-plantation between Balsham & Dungate, along with Inula conyza. Smart, 1863.
Between Balsham and Dungate, RB Smart, Bab.ann.
Balsham; RB Smart. Bab.1860,64 & Bab.MS.Fl.205.
Back of Fulbourne Asylum, Mrs EM Walker, n.d., CGE. 56
Swaffham Prior, L.J., 21.6.1823, BATHG.
Swaffham, CM. Lemann, end of May, 1833, CGE.
Swaffham Prior, L Jenyns, Bab.ann.
Bottisham & Swaffham Prior, Jenyns,1860.
Bottisham, L Jenyns, Bab.ann.
Reche J.D., 6.6.1830, NTM.
Reche, ex Hb. Mrs Casborne, 6.6.1830, CGE.
Railway cutting near Reach, JW Clarke, 1966.
Railway cutting nr Reach, JW Clarke, Trust exc., 18.6.1966. 58
Ely near Railway crossing Roswell Pits, one stray plant in flower , GA Bullock Webster in AF.ann., April 21 1894.
Ely, AF.cat. 65
Dullingham, Duthie, Bab.ann.
Donkey Common, W.Wratting, 1963, Trust Exc. 66
Near Newmarket. Rted. Bot.Guide,1805,60.
Near Newmarket. B.G. NBG,1835,145.
Newmarket; Rev. J. Hemsted (Bot Guide). Bab.1860,64 & Bab.MS.Fl.205.
Derisley Wood Stud, 668.606, Sunley Heath, [sic] Mrs O Vaughan, 25.6.1965. 40
Wisbech; J.Balding. Bab.1860,64 & Bab.MS.Fl.205.
