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: 1942
Latest year: 1942

County Status
Established

Family
Euphorbiaceae

Total records held
1

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 0	1
Tetrads: 0	1
Hectads: 0	1

Conservation Status

Account last edited
Oct 3 2007

Explanation of terms

Species Details

(Locally extinct) Twiggy Spurge was a newly established perennial of waste places. The sole local record is for Little Eaton (SK3641) in 1942. It is indigenous to central Europe and is the hybrid of Waldstein’s Spurge (XXE. waldsteinii) and Leafy Spurge (XXE. esula). Account for erroneous record E. esula. (Erroneous record) Leafy Spurge was recorded for Derbyshire on the basis of a record from Little Eaton (SK3641) in 1942 but this record was subsequently redetermined as Twiggy Spurge (XXE. x pseudovirgata). (See Clapham 1969 p. 223 & amend checklist)