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
Scrophulariaceae

Total records held
338

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 168	202
Tetrads: 152	180
Hectads: 30	36

Conservation Status

Account last edited
Nov 22 2006

Explanation of terms

Species Details

Red Bartsia is a semi-parasitic native annual that grows on the roots of other plants in waste places, short grassland and arable fields. Occuring occasionally throughout Derbyshire, it is rarer in the intensively farmed south and in the upland moors of the north. There are recent records from Dinting Vale (SK0194) and Beauchief (SK3280 now modern S.Yorks.) in the north, through Deep Dale (SK1069) and Farley Moor (SK3063), to Chellaston (SK3829) and Pistern Hill (SK3421) in the south. Two subspecies have been recorded. There are recent records for subspecies Xxserotinus from Mouselow Bottom (SJ9985) and Combs Reservoir (SK0379), plus previous records for subspecies Xxvernus from Buxworth Basin (SK0282) in 1977, Norbury (SK1242) in 1970, and near Poolsbrook (SK4473) in 1969.