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: 1889
Latest year: 2007

County Status
Native

Family
Onagraceae

Total records held
3914

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 1682	1734
Tetrads: 679	685
Hectads: 41	41

Conservation Status

Account last edited
Aug 4 2003

Explanation of terms

Species Details

Great Willowherb is a native perennial of wet areas at the sides of waterbodies, and of fens and marshes. It is very common and locally abundant throughout our area except for the Dark Peak where it is only frequent. This relative scarcity in the Dark Peak is probably an altitudinal limitation as the plant reaches its second highest locality in Britain at 365m in Derbyshire (Preston XXet al. 2002).