Aster novi-belgii L.
First record: J Brown, 1864
see BEC Rep. 1919,561.
All plants in CGE were originally collected and det. A. salignus.
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Fen Drayton tip, 328.684, GMS Easy, 17.10.1976, PVT.
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In middle of fen at Fowlmere, a good clump, 2.5.1954, Bourne ann.Evans.
Fowlmere Water-cress Beds, one clump in the middle of fen, 40-45-, PD Sell 58/222, as A. salignus, 12.8.1958, det. PF Yeo 1972, CGE; still there, G Crompton & PD Sell, c.1967.
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Cherry Hinton chalk pit, one clump only, EF Warburg, 11.10.1941, det. PF Yeo 1972, CGE.
Coe Fen, 'on island' by river, SM Walters, 28.10.1952, det. PF Yeo 1972, CGE.
A. lanceolatus Between Cambridge & Grantchester, naturalised by roadside, 436.570, SM Walters, 23.10.1953, det. PF Yeo 1972, CGE.
A. lancolatus subsp. floribundus, Well naturalized in chalk pit by Cement works, Coldhams Lane, Cambridge, R Lancaster, det. PF Yeo, 18.9.1961.
Old railway, Trumpington, 457.557, JCA Rathmell, 17.8.1997, [R].
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Chesterton Ballast Pits, EF Warburg, 25.9.1941, det. PF Yeo 1972, CGE.
Chesterton railway sidings, GMS Easy, 1989, [R].
Waterbeach gravel pit, 482.687, GMS Easy, 7.11.1970, PVT.
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Manea, waste ground by roadside, 481.890, PD Sell 67/1819, 17.10.1967, det. PF Yeo 1972, CGE.
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Wicken Fen, one large patch not far from the houses, John Brown in Hb. CC Babington, 1864, det. PF Yeo 1972, CGE; 1st of several records previously identified as A. salignus Willd., Wats.11(4):399.
A large patch in Wicken Fen near the upper end of the Lode. 1865. Bab.MS.Fl.3:958.
Wicken Fen, as A salignus, WP Hiern, 25.8.1867, det. PF Yeo 1972, CGE.
First found by P Hiern in 1867, CEM.ann.
Went with him [JT Moggeridge] and Mudd to Wicken Fen...We did not find Aster salignus, from a mistake. 9.7.1868. Bab.Mem.209.
in Wicken Fen [with sketch map showing: lane by Sch. which makes a sharp right turn as far as a sharp left turn: in front of this corner is an area with 2 patches of the plant.] Bab.ann.118.
Wicken Fen, as A. salignus, grows only in Wicken Fen in C. and on the banks of the Tay near Perth, WA Dutt, 1891, det. PF Yeo 1972, CGE.
Wicken Fen, JA Wheldon, 30.8.1892, det. PF Yeo 1972, CGE. I have also since distributed this plant as A.Novii-Belgii. I learn from Mr Goode (in a letter from Mr CE Salmon) that it was originally so named by a Mr A Bennett who had it on the authority of Prof Asa Gray that our Wicken Fen plant was wrongly named and should be called A. Novii-Belgii. Mr Bennett grew specimens received from Mr Goode, and no doubt his examination of them decided him to retain the name A.salignus in 'Lond.Cat.' Coll. G Goode com. JA Wheldon, BEC Rept (label) 1897, p.551.
Plentiful --- a v. limited area in the part of Wicken Fen nr the village, West ann.
Wicken Fen, G Goode comm. A Bennett, 9.1893, det. PF Yeo 1972, CGE.
Wicken Fen, IH Burkill, 8.1894, det. PF Yeo 1972, CGE.
Wicken Fen, (introduced) AS Shrubbs & IH Burkill: This plant now occupies a very considerable area in Wicken Sedge Fen. These specimens were gathered at the same time as those figured in British Botany. Supplement. 17.8.1894, det. PF Yeo 1972, CGE.
Wicken Fen, AS Shrubbs, 17.8.1894, det. PF Yeo 1972, CGE.
Wicken Fen, G Goode, 6.9.1898, det. PF Yeo 1972, CGE.
Wicken Fen, RI Lynch, 12.9.1899, CUBG 183/99.
Wicken Fen, SH Bickham, 6.9.1901, det. PF Yeo 1972, CGE.
Wicken Fen, RH Locke, 5.8.1901, det. PF Yeo 1972, CGE.
Wicken Fen, FRA, 1905, CBSC.
Wicken Fen, [AS Shrubbs], 16.9.1914, det. PF Yeo 1972, CGE.
Wicken Fen, TJ Foggitt, 9.9.1925, Hb. Foggitt, HDD.
Wicken Fen, A Malins Smith, 19.8.1938.
Wicken Fen, DH Valentine, 1939; EA George, 1939.
Wicken Fen, ND Simpson, 9.8.1945, PVT.
Locally abundant in mixed sedge at the Wicken entrance of Sedge fen, 29.7.1949. DE Coombe, Card Index.
Wicken Fen, near the main entrance, 561.705, PD Sell 61/522, 4.8.1961, det. PF Yeo 1972, CGE.
Wicken Sedge Fen, 563.705, PD Sell 65/413, 4.8.1965, det. PF Yeo 1972, CGE.
Wicken Fen, 57Q, still there, Recorder's meeting, 1980.
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Kennett, old tip, 705.685, GMS Easy, 30.9.1971.
