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: 1971
Latest year: 2003

County Status
Established

Family
Brassicaceae

Total records held
17

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 8	13
Tetrads: 7	13
Hectads: 7	11

Conservation Status

Account last edited
Dec 8 2003

Explanation of terms

Species Details

Garden Candytuft is a very rare established annual. It is often grown in gardens from where it sometimes escapes onto waste or disturbed land. There are seven recent records including Combs Village (SK0478), Cressbrook Mill (SK1772), Derby (SK33) and Shirebrook (SK5366). This plant is often misrecorded as Wild Candytuft (XXI. amara). It is a native of southern Europe as a wild species, but garden plants, and presumably our escapees as well, are a cultivar of garden origin.