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: 2006

County Status
Native

Family
Fabaceae

Total records held
74

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 13	24
Tetrads: 11	22
Hectads: 8	14

Conservation Status
B, AA

Account last edited
Jan 5 2075

Explanation of terms

Species Details

Spiny Restharrow is a very rare native under-shrub of unimproved grasslands and rough ground, particularly on heavy soils. Reports of it are scattered throughout Derbyshire, from Dam Dale (SK1178) and Clowne (SK4875) in the north, through Ivy Bar Brook (SK2263) and Langwith Junction (SK5268), to the flood bank of the Trent at Cranfleet Farm (SK4931) in the south. Formerly more common, often as a disagreeable weed of pastures, it gained itself the local names of Hen-gorse and Fiend (Farey 1815).

This plant is in Category 5b of the local Red Data List, 2009.