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: 1854
Latest year: 2006

County Status
Established

Family
Onagraceae

Total records held
61

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 25	42
Tetrads: 25	41
Hectads: 11	20

Conservation Status

Account last edited
Jan 5 2007

Explanation of terms

Species Details

Common Evening-primrose is a rare established biennial of open waste ground. This European native occurs scattered throughout Derbyshire, though mainly in the east {Sinfin SK3431; Station House SK4359, Stanton Ironworks SK4639} with only the odd record elsewhere (Hadfield SK0296).