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
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Family
Ranunculaceae

Total records held
738

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 351	397
Tetrads: 254	288
Hectads: 37	38

Conservation Status
xxxx

Account last edited
Nov 10 2006

Explanation of terms

Species Details

Lesser Spearwort is a native perennial of marshes, wet grasslands and flushes. This species is frequent throughout the Dark Peak and Peak Fringe but rare elsewhere in the county particularly on limestone and appears much reduced in the lowlands.Our highest record is around 600m in SK1088 Seal Edge.Although a very variable species locally (Clapham 1969), all our plants seem referable to subspecies XXflammula.