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: 1789
Latest year: 2007

County Status
Native

Family
Asteraceae

Total records held
64

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 32	43
Tetrads: 30	41
Hectads: 16	22

Conservation Status
G, AA

Account last edited
Dec 2 2006

Explanation of terms

Species Details

Common Cudweed is a rare native annual of dry bare patches in grasslands, heaths, waste ground and arable land.Records are scattered across the county from Beighton (SK4484 now modern S.Yorks.) and Steetley Quarry (SK5478) in the north, through Parsley Hay (SK1463) and Stancliffe Quarry (SK2663), to Drakelow Reserve (SK2320) and Robin Wood (SK3622) in the south. Apparently it has been lost from some southern sites {Birchwood Quarry SK1541, West Hallam SK4240}.

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