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: 1969
Latest year: 2000

County Status
Established

Family
Asteraceae

Total records held
19

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 8	12
Tetrads: 8	12
Hectads: 6	10

Conservation Status

Account last edited
Feb 27 2005

Explanation of terms

Species Details

Elecampane is an anciently established perennial of waysides and riverbanks. It is recorded very rarely throughout our area from Hathersage (SK2281) and Shuttleworth (SK4772) in the north, through Youlgreave (SK2263), to Ticknall (SK3422) in the south. It is occasionally grown in gardens for medicinal use or ornamental value, and in the past has been cultivated on a small scale, as at Milltown in Ashover (Farey 1815). It is a native of western and central Asia.