The Flora of Derbyshire - Checklist, Maps and Sample Accounts

THIS IS A DRAFT

The species account below is an early version, drafted around 2003. It has been provided here to aid understanding, but please be aware it may not fully tally with the up-to-date map and statistics shown below.

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Dates
First year: 1787
Latest year: 2006

County Status
Native

Family
Liliaceae

Total records held
79

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 24	30
Tetrads: 19	24
Hectads: 8	14

Conservation Status

Account last edited
Jul 18 2004

Explanation of terms

Species Details

Wild Onion is a rare native perennial of cliff-ledges, walls, grassy places and rough ground generally on dry calcareous to neutral soils. The majority of recent records are from the White Peak as at Tansley Dale (SK1674), Monsal Dale (SK1871) and the Via Gellia (SK2857); with a few in the south-eastern corner of our county around Attenborough (SK5032). Previous records covered a wider area including Sudbury Hall grounds (SK1532) in 1977, and near Pleasley (SK4863) in 1979. Two varieties have been reported though there are no recent records of either of them. These are; variety Xxvineale with a distribution similar to the species; and variety Xxcompactum with a distribution less obviously restricted to the limestone areas.