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: 2005

County Status
Native

Family
Caryophyllaceae

Total records held
150

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 15	31
Tetrads: 12	24
Hectads: 7	12

Conservation Status
G, C, B, A, AA

Account last edited
Jun 17 2003

Explanation of terms

Species Details

The Maiden Pink is a rare, loosely-tufted perennial of the White Peak. This attractive and delicate plant grows in grassy areas that are sometimes associated with quarrying and lead mining. Typical localities include Bradford Dale (SK2164), Lathkill Dale (SK1765) and Parsley Hay (SK1463). Probably the largest population in the Peak District is now a site on Bonsall Moor where experimentally transplanting took place in 1993. It has flourished and spread here in the absence of grazing. One unusual record from Chester Green, Derby (SK3537) refers to a garden escape at a site now destroyed. Outside our area it grows scattered throughout the British Isles. It is Nationally Scarce.

This plant is in Category 2 of the local Red Data List, 2009.