Seseli libanotis (L.)Koch
Conservation status: VU
First record: Ray,1677
Mountain Stone Parsley. Apium petraeum seu montanum album J.B. Athamantha Libanotis Martyn,1727,41.
'July' JM.ann.Meth.41.
Athamanta libanotis Martyn,1763,6. 45
GOGMAGOGS
[Inserted at end of para 'C. Pimpinella saxifraga hircina major Park...] Pimpinella saxifraga hircina media Herbariis nostratibus dici solita seu Daucus selinoides Cordi. qua in monte Gogmagog Cantabrigiensi provenit, nobis potius oppium petraum sive montanum album videtur, a J. Bauhino descriptum. Qua nota per oblivionem in Hist: nostra omissa est. Ray,ann.1677,234.
Apium petraeum seu montanum album J.B. Mountain Stone–Parsley, or a middle sort of Burnet–Saxifrage. On Gogmagog Hills in Cambridgeshire. Ray,1690,70; Ray,1696,112; Ray,1724,218,
'Seseli libanotis he came to know before his death; but not apparently in his favourite locality at Cherry Hinton where it is now common. Syn.70.' CE Raven: John Ray, p.96
Apium petraeum seu montanum album n.l., n.d., Joseph Andrews Hb.2:17,BM.
'In horto Chelseano collegi Anno 1725 Anglia est Indigenna. Gogmagog Hills inveni.' Hb Samuel Dale. BM. (Photo of BM. specimen), CGE.
Apium petraeum, seu montanum album J.B. On Gogmagog hills Rai Syn.218. Th.M.ann.Meth.41.
Athamantha Libanotis Gogmagog hills. Martyn,1763,Herbat.VII.
Gogmagog Hills, JE Smith, n.d., LIV.
... the accurate Ray says it grows on Gogmagog Hills, it probably did in his time tho' now it certainly is not there.... Relhan, in litt. to R Pulteney, Cambridge, 2.1.1784, LINN.
Athamanta Libanotis In the time of Ray, this plant was known to grow wild on the Gogmagog hills, Cambridgeshire; but from that period no botanist has met with it there till the year 1783, when it was detected by the Rev. Mr. Relhan, to whom we are obliged for the wild specimen here represented. Smith,Eng.Bot. (1793) 2:138.
Not found now on Gogmagog Hills. Relhan,1802.
GOGMAGOG GOLF COURSE, STAPLEFORD
Gogs, [487.539] good population, GMS Easy, 1969. [Probably Ray's locality]
Large numbers (c.?500) in fruit over 150 sq yds in area of 'rough' west of small mixed plantation and south of 2nd Green, 437.539, G Crompton, GMS Easy & P Darling, 1.10.1975.
14 fl. stalks and c.500 veg. plants in rough grassland with scattered Rosa and Crataegus bushes, on SSW slope under new plantation of Pinus nigra, Betula & Populus, planted c.1965?, Seseli most abundant at SW edge of plantation, but a few plants along south edge and outliers to north, Pop. map and assoc. species, G Crompton & R Mellors, 1.10. and seed coll. 20.10.1975.
Seed for Kew coll. by RW Mellors, 1976.
c.50 fl. spikes, GMS Easy, 8.1980.
c.20 flowering stalks, several hundred vegetative plants growing in rough grassland at plantation edge. Outlying plants not found. Pop. map & assoc. species list, S Lambert, 21.8.1986; much as in 1975, scrub a little larger than 11 years ago. Seseli still doing well. Only 1 outlier found, on S edge, near Sorbus aria, and with a large patch of Thymus praecox. Agreed pathway could be cleared through the colony. It was noticeable that there are dead stems looking grey in Crata mon, and Privet does not appear to be v.happy! G Crompton, S Lambert and PJO Trist, 25.11.1986.
Area behind the 3rd tee... at least a dozen plants although none were in flower... this area should be a priority for clearance [of scrub] in 1993/4. Colin Newlands with Sharon Hearle, 5.7.1993.
CHERRY HINTON
Cherry Hinton Chalk–pit Close, found by Mr Relhan and brought me.... Rev Mr Davies, Fellow of Trinity College, 26.8.1783, Sir TG Cullum ann Hudson ed.2, p.115, WSRO.
'...one Plant I hope you will be surprised to see, the Athamanta Libanotis. Mr Hudson in his first Edition was correct in his second he has blundered sadly and has evidently shown that he knows neither the oreoselinum [sp?] nor the Libanotis, the first of which we are unacquainted with at Cambridge and the latter has not been found since the time of Ray, till I accidently observ'd it. it grows in chalk pit Close near Cherry Hinton. Plukinets Figure is a tolerably good one, tho' it does not show the peculiar make of the leaves the Figure of Rivinus is a much better one and the Diagnosis in the Flora Suecica will I hope be thought sufficient to ascertain my Plant.' Relhan, in litt. to R Pulteney, Cambridge, 10.9.1783, LINN.
'Sir, I feel great pleasure in sending you seeds of a very ancient inhabitant of our County, whom the Cambridge Botanists have entirely overlooked; the Athamanta Libanotis was very fortunately discovere'd by me in a Close about three Miles from Cambridge. the accurate Ray says it grows on Gogmagog Hills, it probably did in his time tho' now it certainly is not there. all the good specimens I had were lately sent to the Person who makes the Drawings for my Work as I intend to give a large figure of it. I hope those enclosed will afford you some satisfaction. next summer I shall be able to supply you amply.' Relhan, in litt. to R Pulteney, Cambridge, 2.1.1784, LINN.
Mountain Stone Parsley. Chalk–pit Close, Hinton. [Illustr. at back of book]. Relhan,1785.
Hinton, J. Dalton, 1786, YRK:537; HJW Cat.
From Hinton, Camb., Rev C Davy, August 1789, IPS.
Athamanta libanotis Ñ recovered by me without a doubt Ñ Mr Davies never saw it till I laid it upon his table Ñ he found it next day by my direction. Relhan in litt. to Withering 22 Oct. 1795, RSM.
In a chalk pit near the road from Gogmagog Hills to Hinton chalk pit close, Ed Foster Hb, 178–, BM. (Photo of B.M. specimen), CGE.
Cherry Hinton, Rev. J Davies, Hb D Turner, n.l., n.d., K.
Cambridgeshire, Rev. J Davies, 1798, K.
Cherry Hinton, Hb D Turner, n.d., K.
Athamanta libanotis, in old chalk pits, on the right and left side of the road leading from Hinton to the road to Gogmagog Hills – and on the balks of the adjoining corn–fields. Relhan,litt.1799.
(in Cambs folder), Mr Sowerby, n.d., K.
Nr Cambridge, Rev. Relhan [?], Hb Banks, n.d., BM.
Chalk–pit Close, Hinton. In some old Chalk–pits, on the right and left Hand side of the Road leading from Hinton towards the Road to the Gogmagog Hills, and on the Balks. Not found now on the Gogmagog Hills. Relhan,1802.
Very rare gathered in Cherry Hinton chalk pit (Rev C Davy), 8.1803, IPS.
Cambridgeshire, Rev C Davy, n.d., Hb. IPS.
(in Cambs folder), Rev. J Dalton, (in Cambs folder), 1808, K.
The leaves from Ray's habitat, Hb Rev. J Dalton, n.d., YRK:537.
Mr Sowerby, (in Cambs folder), n.d., K.
Athamanta Lib'[text: 'On Gogmagog hills, Cambridgeshire.'] & at Hinton. Dreyer ann. Smith,1800:304.
Athamanta Libanotis... Garden Specimen originally from a Chalk pit at Hinton, near Cambridge. Skrim.MS.
n.l., G.S. July 18, 1818. [WS] J Balding Hb,WBCH. [G.S. – ?Garden specimen]
Chalk–pit Close, Hinton. In some old Chalk–pits, on the right and left Hand side of the Road leading from Hinton towards the Road to the Gogmagog Hills, and on the Balks. Not found now on the Gogmagog Hills. Illustrated from painting by Bolton in 1783, Relhan,1820.
Hinton, JS Henslow, 9.7.1822, CGE.
Gogmagog Hills, n.c.(Hb Jenyns), 9.7.1822, BATHG.
Hinton, JS Henslow, 12.8.1822, CGE.
From Chalkpit Close we ascended the high ground towards Gogmagog hills, & in an old deserted pit gathered several specimens of that rare plant – Athamanta Libanotis: Jenyns,JNH,12.8.1824.
Gogmagog Hills, n.c.(Hb Jenyns), 22.8.1824, BATHG.
Hinton, Cambridge, JS Henslow, 21.7.1825, CGE. K.
Cherry Hinton, JS Henslow, 8.1826, CGE.
Atham lib In some old Chalk–pits, Henslow ann. l:116.
Chalkpit, Cherry Hinton, 'Prof Henslow', 8.1826, CGE.
Chalk pit, Cherry Hinton, Hne, 19.8.1826, CGE.
Chalk Pit, Cherry Hinton, W.L.P.G., 2.8.1827, SWN.
Hinton, JS Henslow, 21.8.1827, CGE.
...I see you quote Hinton as the station of the beautiful Athamantha. I could go to the spot, if it be in Ray's Field, as well as to that of Lonicera caprifolium & Viburnum lantana. All were planted there by Relhan; at least he owned this as to Athamantha, & did not disown it as to the others. He was a slippery chap, but we must allow him the benefit of that humbugginh 'de Mortuis nil nisi bonum' upon which too many have the claim of charity. Letter 124 From James Dalton, Croft, Oct 22 1829, to Henslow. Add.8176, CUL.
Hinton, Prof. Henslow, ex Hb Rev. J Dalton, n.d., YRK:537; HJW Cat. – 1830 added.
Hinton J.D., 3.7.1830, NTM.
Hinton, (per Henslow), Hb CM Lemann, 7.1830, CGE.
Cherry Hinton, from Professor Henslow' Hb Churchill Babington, n.d., CGE.
Gog–Magog, Cambridgeshire, Prof Henslow, 24.7.1833, CGE.
Gog Magog, Henslow, 24.7.1833, CGE. BM. (Distributed by GS Henslow from Gog Magog 24 July 1833, cf. Rhynchospora alba, KM Goodway.)
Cambridge, Prof. Henslow, n.d., CGE.
Cherry Hinton, 'from Professor Henslow' Hb Churchill Babington, n.d., CGE.
Gog Magog, JS Henslow, 24.7.1833, n.d., Hb Baker added in pencil, YRK:537.
Distributed by GS Henslow from Gog Magog 24.7.1833 [cf Rhynchospora alba].CNHS.
Cambridgeshire, Dr Bromfield, (See New Bot. Guide,1835), 1836,[sic] K.
Cambridgeshire, Dr Hooker, n.d., K.
Cambridgeshire. Hooker, sp. [in hb.Watson] NBG,1835,147.
Very Rare. Old pit on the right of the road from Hinton to Shelford, just beyond the great chalk–pit. 1835,Coleman(a),72.
'In an old chalk pit right of the road from Hinton to Shelford, just beyond the great Chalkpit: in a pit behind the great Chalkpit, & the edges of the adjoining cornfields.' Coleman(b).
Cherry Hinton, CC Babington, 8.1835, BM.
Old chalk pit, Cherry Hinton, Hb JA Power, 29.8.1835, RTE.
Cherry Hinton, 24.8.1837, 'from Prof Henslow by Mr C Darwin May 1838', Hb FJ Bunbury, CGE.
Cherry Hinton, JS Henslow, 9.1837, BM.
Cherry Hinton, JA Power, 29.9.1837, K. RTE.
Cherry Hinton, spec in J Clark coll. 1838, SWN.
Cherry Hinton, Miss Plowden, 1838, SWN.
Cherry Hinton, W.L.P.G., 2.8.1839, SWN.
Gogmagog Hills, S Hailstone, 1840, YRK:537; HJW Cat.
Gogmagog Hills. Specimen from my Brother, n.d., SH Cat.
Near Cambridge, n.c., Roy.Bot.Soc.Lond., 1842, BM.
Cherry Hinton, 'Herb. Murray', 7.8.1846, CGE.
Cherry Hinton, Hb CC Babington, 16.7.1847, CGE.
Cherry Hinton, WW Newbould, 9.1847, BM.
... old Chalk–pits, on the right and left Hand side of the Road leading from Hinton towards the Road to Gogmagog Hills, and on the Balks.
[insert double underlining from: side...Balks] in the hedgerows. Bab.ann.Relhan,116.
Gogmagog Hills, Jno Barton, 9.1858, BM.
In old chalk–pits, and by hedgerows on both sides of the road from Hinton to the Gogmagog Hills, Bab.1860,98.
Near Hinton on the road side and the Gogmagog Hills, FA Hanbury, 20.7.1863, BM.
Cherry Hinton, PH Francis, 8.1866, BM.
Gogmagog hills, Hb FJ Hanbury, n.d., BM. n.c., 8.1867, LIV.
Dr Trimen and Mr W.J.Thistleton Dyer came, and I went with them to Cherry Hinton..found Seseli Libanotis,... 10.7.1871. Bab.Mem.213.
Chery Hinton chalk pits, Henry Trimen, 10.7.1871, BM.
Cherry Hinton, WJ Thistleton Dyer, 10.7.1871, K.
Hinton, Cambridge, A Bennett, 1873, NWH.
Cherry Hinton chalk pit, CC Babington, 3.7.1873, Cowell Hb. IPS.
Cherry Hinton, A Bennett ('grown in my garden since'), 5.1875, CGE.
Cherry Hinton, WJ Cross, 6.1880, LIV.
Cherry Hinton, WJ Cross, 13.9.1880, K.
Chalk Pits, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, JW Carr, 13.9.1880. CGE. LIV.
Cherry Hinton, EF Linton, Hb JD Gray, 29.9.1880, CGE.
Chalk hill, Gogmagogs, Cambridge, H Goss, Hb JD Gray, 1884, CGE.
Hinton, ES Marshall, 10.6.1885, CGE.
Cherry Hinton, calcareous, Hb PF Lee, 8.1885, BM.
Chalkpit, Cherry Hinton, AS Shrubbs, 8.1888, CGE.
Cherry Hinton, FJ Hanbury, 5.7.1889, BM.
Cherry Hinton, WJ Cross, 7.1891, BM.
Gogmagog chalk pits, RS Standen, 22.5.1893, BM.
Cherry Hinton, chalk pit, LV Lester–Garland, 22.6.1894, K.
Cherry Hinton, JW Carr, 14.8.1894, BM.
Cherry Hinton, AW Hill, 16.7.1895, CGE.
Chalk hills, Cambridge, EG Aldridge, 8.1896, BM.
Chalk pit, Cherry Hinton, A Hosking Hb SH Bickham, 13.8.1897, CGE.
Cherry Hinton Roadsides and by chalk pits, J Cosmo Melvill, 23.8.1898, BM.
Cherry Hinton, RI Lynch, 8.1899, CGE.
Hinton, FR Tennant, 7.1901; CGE.
Chalk pit, Cherry Hinton SH Bickham, 7.9.1901, CGE. BM.
Cherry Hinton chalk pit, A Hosking, 7.1901, BM. AB Jackson, 19.7.1901, BM.
Cherry Hinton, Hb HJ Riddelsdell, 8.1903, BM.
Cherry Hinton, A Malins Smith, 17.7.1905; HD.ann.
Bank by roadside above chalk pit, Cherry Hinton, J & A Bennett, 5.8.1907, CGE. K. NWH.
Bank above chalk pits, Cherry Hinton, abundant and just coming into flower, only semi–ripe fruit could be found, J & A Bennett, 5.8.1907, BM.
Cherry Hinton, Hb Rev. J Roffey, 7.7.1908, BM.
Chalky bank, Cherry Hinton, RS Adamson, 8.8.1908, BM.
Cherry Hinton chalk pit, Thos. J Foggitt, 27.8.1909, BM.
Side of lane on chalk between Cherry Hinton and the Gogs, AJ Crosfield, 19.7.1910, CGE. BM.
Chalkpits, Cherry Hinton, E Foord–Kelcey, 9.1910, CGE. BM.
Both sides of road by Ch. Hinton chalk pit, 22.6.1913, Mills ann.
Cherry Hinton, AW Graveson, 7.1913, HTN.
Cherry Hinton, AJ Crosfield, 18.7.1914, CGE.
Cherry Hinton, AJ Crosfield, 25.8.1914, BM.
Roadside above chalk pits, Cherry Hinton, AJ Wilmott, 14.9.1914, BM.
Roadside on chalk near Cherry Hinton, DP Murray, 7.1922, BM.
Hinton, HH Harvey, 20.7.1926, K.
Limepit Hill, HE Green, 3.9.1926, LIV.
[Seseli] rare J Blades, 1927–8, ann Bab.
Cherry Hinton, HJ Riddelsdell, 4.8.1930, BM.
G Goode has ascertained from a friend at the Geol. Mus. Cambridge that the station on the Gog Magogs is also on the middle chalk (as was Arbury Banks & Pegsdon), JE Little Diaries XIII: 156 (1931+), HTN.
Origin Cherry Hinton, ex hort. Brockhurst, East Grinstead, FJ Hanbury, 14.7.1932, BM.
Cherry Hinton chalk pit, SA Taylor, 5.8.1936, LIV.
Cherry Hinton chalk pit, R Ross, 9.8.1936, BM.
Cherry Hinton Chalk Pit, EF Warburg, 1937.
Cherry Hinton chalk pit, EC Wallace, 13.8.1938, BM.
Plentiful all about Cherry Hinton, JA Whellan, 11.8.1945.
'There used to be a lot of the Seseli when I was young, but before the war I noticed that there was much less.' AJ Wilmott in litt. to PJ Bourne, 10.10.1949.
Cherry Hinton, V Gordon, 6.6.1977, LIV.
CHERRY HINTON Ñ LIME KILN ROAD
CHALK PIT AND RSV ON WEST SIDE [ 'Caravan Club Pit'.]
4 sites on one Pop. map by RJ Pankhurst, 13.7.1971: [see below]
1) By path on edge of old quarry [= S end of Caravan pit, on west side of road]
2 )On lip of active quarry [= ledge on west side of 'working pit' on east side of road]
3) Two places where hedge replaced by fence, on steep slope of old quarry & on grassy verge.[= road and pit edge on west side of road, along caravan pit]
4) grassy verge ± opp. S end of reservoir.
... a few plants near the Falcaria & Conopodium bulbocastanum on the lip of the western chalk pit, 482.555, 7.5.1949, DE Coombe Card index.
3) or 1) very fine and large in bank of old chalk pit below the road, JE Lousley, 1.8.1932, RNG.
1) c.5 plants by path on edge of old quarry, RJ Pankhurst, Pop. map, 13.7.1971. 27 mature plants, incl. 8 flowering, in 10 x 2 yards in scrub association at edge of quarry. 1 plant on bare side of quarry. Edge of quarry is N of path running W from Lime Kiln road opposite reservoir; 483.556, [n.b. he also states there are '18 plants in scrub association at edge of quarry. 1 plant on bare side of quarry.'] Pop. map & assoc. species list, ME Smith, 24.7.1971.
1?) c.120 plants (20 fl.) in scrub with much bare chalk – on quarry side, 1 further mature plant on roadside c.10 yds to north, and associated species list, ME Smith, no date [not found].
1) tent pitched on site all summer, Col. slide, G Crompton, 17.9.1975.
1) 3 fl. + 10 veg. plants.The path from Lime Kiln rd was obstructed by fencing; access was by way of the Nature Trail. JL Jarvis, 4.9.1976.
1) 20+ fl. & veg. plants in c.10m sq., between edge of quarry and scrub to S. Pop. map, G Crompton, 29.6. and 10.7.1982.
3) c.25 plants in two places where hedge replaced by fence, on steep slope of old quarry and on grass verge, RJ Pankhurst, Pop. map, 13.7.1971.
3?) c.18 plants (15 fl.) in rough grass with hedge or bare–patches (c.15 x 3 yds), with Bunium bulbocastanum (1), ME Smith, Pop. map, assoc species list, 24.7.1971. [not found]
3) c.12 plants – no fl. stems, on indented verge and some on steep quarry side, – RP Libby & G Crompton, 9.7.1975.
3) 51 veg. plants on verge below iron footpath fence. On quarry edge inside Caravan Club fence, 36 plants incl. 2 fl. close to ground, WH Butcher, 12.9.1975.
3) c.30 small veg. plants near fence between foreground and Roger Mellors, inside adj. fence, c.12+ plants also not fl, 10 plants against fence at N end of indent, G Crompton & RW Mellors, CS, 17.9.1975.
3) on the footpath and between it and the fence were 12 flowering plants and c.90 veg. Behind the fence there were in one place on the brim of the caravan pit 3 fl. plants & 10 +veg., with further veg. plants on the pit wall below. In another place behind the fence, on the wall of the pit, were 6 fl. and abundant putative veg. plants. In addition to these sites, 2 fl. plants were found on the western edge of the footpath c.115 paces N of the reservoirs. [Sketch plan shows this site to be 70 paces south of southernmost area of Seseli on Rsv/fenced path.] The plants are growing beside the footpath at the verge of the scrub immediately bordering the path to the west. JL Jarvis, 4.9.1976.
3) Lime Kiln Rd, abundant, up to 4'3" tall, mostly veg. plants west of the fence on steep slope of pit, in two groups separated by scrub, rare on edge of road, G Crompton, Pop. map & Col. prints, 19.8.1980.
Frequent in small area of a) grassland at edge of scrub at south end of pit and b) road verge. 483557, Pop. map, David Soden, 3.8.1989.
Rsv, West Pit, 483.556, G Crompton, 1992, [R].
Top of cliff face & Rsv, West Pit, 482.556, G Crompton, 1994, [R].
Still several plants in flower,West Pit, M Gurney, 9.11.1996, [R].
41 flowering plants on Rsv and 6 in Reserve, West Pit, 483.556, M Gurney, 5.9.1999, [R].
West pit, 140 plants in flower or fruit, Christine Cheffings, 20.8.2000, BSBI News, (2001), 89:26.
4) 100 YARDS SOUTH OF METALLED ROAD
2 plants on verge in rough grass c.100 yds south of metalled lay–by, west side of Limekiln Rd, Pop. map, and assoc species, ME Smith, 24.7.1971. [not found]
Seseli used to grow where the lay–by now is and fence of Netherhall School, fide DE Coombe, 26.5.1982.
No plants seen between lay–by and site '2' (?4), verge cut, RP Libby & G Crompton, 9.7.1975.
No plants found, (verge cut all summer, G Crompton), JL Jarvis, 4.9.1976.
Not seen, recommendation to include in RSV/NR, G Crompton et al, 5.5.1979.
CHALK PIT ON EAST SIDE '[Working Pit' or Caius Pit, north end]
Chalk pit at Cherry Hinton and above it. (SSE of the road to Caius Coll. Fm) 20.10.1945. Shown by Mr H Gilbert Carter of the Botany School on a 'First–Year outing'. This spot is 484.558, but almost quarried away. DE Coombe Card index.
A narrow wall (of chalk) with Seseli on it, SM Walters, 8.1965.
Site manager agrees to leave Seseli area as an island (objective was to tidy up place and use material on island– intend to try again in winter, working from S end – previous attempts to do so having failed), G Crompton, 23.11.1965.
Part of the island remains but Seseli not found. (Inula conyza present). Quantity of material from S end has been removed since 1965 – ? incl. Seseli area, G Crompton, Col. print, 2.10.1975.
Access was not obtained to working pit. JL Jarvis, 4.9.1976.
CHALK PIT ON EAST SIDE, WEST EDGE [Caius Pit cont.]
Around the old diggings S. of the chalk pit on the E. side of the Cherryhinton–Shelford road & N. of the lane beside the water–works.n.d., JE Raven, Card index.
Another patch on a steep bank facing NW just over the hedge from the road by the reservoir at Cherry Hinton, 481.553, 7.5.1949, DE Coombe Card index.
About 4 plants flowering very well at 481.553 on 8.7.1949. Ripe fruits still on umbels; some still green & many abortive fruits, 9.10.1949, DE Coombe Card index.
From Cherry Hinton take rd. for Gogmagog Hills. Turn L. after large chalk pit on left and turn back betw. pit and hedge by rd. S.l. grows on this strip.484.557, PH Oswald, 21.7.1953 (and 31.10.1954 'not flowering').
20–50 (?) fl. plants on chalk banks, on lip of active quarry, Pop. map, RJ Pankhurst, 13.7.1971.
c.10 plants – no fl. stems, RP Libby & G Crompton, 9.7.1975.
32 plants on western ledge, with only 3 fl. stems, A = 3 plants incl. 1 fl.stem (1'–6" from cliff edge) B = 9 plants C = 20+ plants incl.2 fl.stems, Pop. map, Roger Mellors, 26.9.1975.
A few plants on spurs and also along narrow ledge going S for c.15 yds, G Crompton, V Gordon et al, 6.6.1977.
A number of plants found with Jaqui Green, walking along ledge through scrub until ± opp. Rsv. CP's (with 9 fls. Bunium), G Crompton, 11.7.1986.
c.20 in flower, and more first summer rosettes on ledge almost opp plants on opp. roadside verge (a little S); also 2–3 fl. plants below ledge on pit floor, East Pit, 483.556, P Stebbings, 17.7.1991.
Following scrub clearance on floor of East pit underneath the Seseli on top, a small colony has established itself on ledges of the rock face and on the adjacent floor of the pit, G Crompton, P Stebbings et al, 2000.
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'It grows in my gravelled yard at Chatteris, and do not know how introduced. I have never seen it elsewhere. 1885.' AF.ann. My garden, intoduced ? AF.cat.]
