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: 1903
Latest year: 1969

County Status
Native

Family
Campanulaceae

Total records held
6

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 0	1
Tetrads: 0	1
Hectads: 0	5

Conservation Status
I, F, AA

Account last edited
Dec 12 2004

Explanation of terms

Species Details

Spreading Bellflower is a very rare native biennial of open woods, hedges and arable fields. There are no recent records and only a handful of previous ones all in the south of our area. The latest is for Melbourne (SK4026) in 1969, while Linton (1903) gives Osmaston (SK14), Stapenhill (SK22), Darley (SK33) and Morleymoor (SK34). All these records were on the north-eastern limit of the species in Britain. Their loss was part of a general decrease due to a cessation of coppicing and increased use of herbicides on roadsides (Preston XXet al. 2002).

This plant is in Category 6 of the local Red Data List, 2009.