The descriptive text, below the map, is from the Cornish Red Data Book (2009). The map on this web page depicts the organisms distribution and shows the records made pre-2000 and those made since.
Range & Status
Native. Mediterranean-Atlantic. Found as a native species mostly in coastal areas in
southern Britain south of a line from the River Severn to The Wash, the Channel Islands and very rare in south-eastern Ireland.
Regional Distribution
Rare in the Isles of Scilly where it is found on three inhabited islands. There are three
post-1990 records from Cornwall: Trevone (SW87), Cury (SW62), and near Millandreath (SX25) ), with most older records from south-east Cornwall.
Habitat & Ecology
Found on cultivated ground, wall-tops, sandy tracks and a serpentine rock outcrop. It was also recorded as a tan-bark alien.
Threats
Herbicide treatment.
Conservation
Most sites are unprotected.
I.J. Bennallick, S. Board, C.N. French, P.A. Gainey, C. Neil, R. Parslow, A. Spalding and P.E. Tompsett. eds. 2009. Red Data Book for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. 2nd Edition.Croceago Press.
The Cornish Red Data Book Project was led by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Federation for Biological Recorders (CISFBR). The full text and species accounts (minus the maps) are available on the CISFBR website.