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: 1898
Latest year: 1898

County Status
Native

Family
Gentianaceae

Total records held
4

Grid Square Count

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

Conservation Status
AA

Account last edited
Dec 6 2004

Explanation of terms

Species Details

(Locally extinct) Dune Gentian has been recorded twice for our area; Miller’s Dale (SK17) for 1899, and Buxton (SK07) 1898. This latter record is supported by a well-labelled specimen in the National Museum of Wales, confirmed by H.Tingnong. These records had previously been considered erroneous by Lousley (1950) and Clapham (1969), no doubt because the other UK localities for the species are coastal dunes in western Britain. However it is regarded as valid in the wider European context as the plant is widespread in damp meadows across northern Europe e.g. Poland (pers. comm. T. Rich 2003)

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