Lithospermum officinale L.
First record: Ray, 1660
Lithospermum sive Milium folis Common Gromit, or Gromwel. Ray,1670:197.
Lithospermum Officinarum Martyn,1727,46.
Lithospermum officinale Common Gromwell, Gromill, Graymill, or Lichwale. Relhan,1785;802;1820.
Not unfrequent in the western part [of Distr. 3]; Newbould. Bab.1860,157.
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Woodbury, 187.537, GMS Easy, 1980.
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Steeple Morden, Fordham,1859; Steeple Morden; H. Bab.1860,157.
Clopton Way, Tadlow, R Payne, 31.8.1992, [R].
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Cuxton; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.500.
Lanes about Eltisley, CD Pigott, 1948; Roadside near Eltisley, Eltisley-Croxton, and Eltisley Wood, GMS Easy, 14.6.1969; Eltisley Wood, JCA Rathmell, 19.7.1995, [R].
Little Gransden, C Turner, 8.5.1992, [R].
Near Haley Wood; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.500; Hayley Wood, CEM.ann; RSA List; O Rackham, et al., 4.8.1967, [R]; AC Leslie, 1976.
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Barrington; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.500.
Bassingbourn, PD Sell, 1950; Barley field, Bassingbourn, 322.448, PD Sell 66/112, 31.8.1966, CGE; Grassy roadside, Bassingbourn, 332.451, PD Sell 67/1802, 22.9.1967, CGE; Bassingbourn, 3 plants, PD Sell, 7.1982.
Croydon; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.500.
Shepreth L-Moor, W of railway, NP Millar, 29.5.1999, [R].
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Arrington Decoy, Mills ann.
Crow Dean Lane, 308.589, occasional, R Payne, 1981.
Croydon, 35A, DA Wells, 6.9.1998, [R].
Among bushes by the path from Little to Great Eversden. 1835,Coleman(a),57.
Lt. Eversden. Coleman(b); Lit. Eversden; WHC. Bab.MS.Fl.500.
Harlton; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.500.
Lithospermum. Kingston Wood and in the closes and corn fast by. Ray Index Loc.
Kingston Wood, 35H, G Crompton, DA Wells & P Reynolds, 21.7.1994, [R].
Long Stowe; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.500; 35C, C Turner, 3.7.1997, [R].
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J 16E, [Boxworth] TG Tutin & EF Warburg, 1940.
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Great Chishill, B Jackson & J Hirsh, 20.6.1992, [R].
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Fowlmere, 44C, PH Oswald et al., 13.7.1991, [R].
Sawston; wood by the brook opposite the Pampisford Mill on the main road, 8 miles from Cambridge, AS Shrubbs, 1921, CGE. not found.
Triplow. Relhan,1785;802;1820; Triplow; Relhan. Bab.1860,157; Peat Holes, Triplow, JSL Gilmour, 1931; Thriplow, A Arbon, 1993, [R].
Wood west of Whittlesford, PW Richards, 1946; Whittlesford, 460.480-463.484, GMS Easy, 1969; Whittlesford, A Arbon, 1991, [R].
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Cambridge, 22.7.1877, Bent.ann.
Howe Farm, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, RE Hardy, 1954.
Lithospermum, sive Milium solis Gromwell, or Gromill. In various places, as in a close near Newnham mills. Ray,1660,90(81).Deleted 'as in...mills.'.JM.ann.
Barrington, 45A, Otley College surveyors, 1991, [R].
Dernford Fen, Lane side, 473.501, SM Walters exc., 17.6.1955, CGE.
Gogs, n.d., [1910?], Gray,ann.
Haslingfield; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.500; Haslingfield, A Shrubbs, 7.1899, CGE.
Harston, 45K, NP Millar & E Thomson, 18.5.2002, [R]; 45F, A Arbon, 18.5.2002, [R]
Cherry-Hinton. In the lanes and closes. Martyn,1763,Herbat.VIII; Fisher ann. Berkenhout,47; Hinton. Relhan,1785;802;1820; Cherry Hinton Chalk Pit, W.L.P.G., 2.6.1825, SWN; Chalk pit Close. 1835,Coleman(a),57; Coleman(b); Chalk pit Close. Bab.MS.Fl.500.
In the last field on the path by the brook to Hinton under the hedge on the far side next the lane. 1835,Coleman(a),57; Hinton near the end of the foot-path by the brook. Coleman(b); Chalk-pit-close, and about the upper end of the brook and the last field by the footpath, and by the road to Hinton. Bab.1860,157.
Near end of Foot Path by the brook at Hinton and the hedge at the far-side of the field; WHC. Bab.MS.Fl.500.
By roads to Hinton near Mr Oke's house. Bab.MS.Fl.500.
Betwen Cherry Hinton & Teversham, CJ Shepherd, 1939.
Madingley. Relhan,1785;802;1820; KR Sporne, 1940; Madingley, 415.605, GMS Easy, 1969.
Moorbarns. Bab.ann.Relhan,80; Moor Barns. Bab.1860,157.
By Roman Road, CC Babington, 23.5.1865, CGE; Roman Road, EM Walker, n.d., CGE; Rare on N side, Roman Rd. SM Walters field notebook. 28.5.1960.
Sawston, 488.505, GMS Easy, 1975.
Shelford near camp. GH Bryan. Bab.ann.157.
Roadside, Great Shelford, HD.ann; Fields, Shelford, 1928, J Blades ann.Bab.
Little Shelford, M Powell, 1991, [R]; A few plants in woodland on north side of St Margaret's Mount, W of Little Shelford, 442.508. AC Leslie, 6.5.2001.
Stapleford parish pit, 48-52-, M Powell, 2000, [R].
Leeds Park, [i.e. Vandlebury] JE Little, 1878, CGE.
Whitwell wood, sparingly, West ann.
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Girton, n.c., 1889, Hb. CCHSB.
Fields Rd to Histon, W.L.P.G., 6.1840, SWN.
Road from Impington to Milton, CC Babington, 23.5.1865, CGE; By road from Impington to Milton, west of Roman way. 1865. Bab.ann.157
Kings Hedges. Bab.ann.Relhan,80; Bab.1860,157.
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Little Abington, AJ Crosfield, 27.8.1920, CGE; Edge of arable, Little Abington, 531.496, B & S Jackson, 1975.
Borley Wood, CEM.ann.
Hildersham Furze Hills, S Evans, 1991, [R].
Linton. Relhan,1785;802;1820; Wood at Linton, n.c., n.d., SWN; Linton; GS Gibson. Bab.1860,157; Bab.MS.Fl.500.
Pampisford, EA George, 1940.
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Signal Hill, Babraham, 51-51-, PH Oswald 18.6.1991, [R]; DA Wells, SM Walters et al., 22.6.1992, [R]; P Phillips, 12.8.1993, [R].
Fleam Dyke near Pumping Station, DJ McCosh, 5.1952; Fleam Dyke, 547.545, close to display sign and 543.547, JCA Rathmell, 13.6.1994; 55M, C Turner, 20.5.1995, [R]..
Fulbourn. Henslow ann. l:80; Fulbourn. 1835,Coleman(a),57; Coleman(b); Fulbourn. Bab.MS.Fl.500; 1883, HD.ann; Mills ann.
By brook between near Railway at Fulbourn and Shardlows Well. Bab.MS.Fl.500; By the brook between Shardlow's Well and the railway, Fulbourn. Bab.1860,157.
Near Fulbourne Fen, PGM Rhodes, 1905, CBSC; Fulbourn, EA George, 1940.
Rough grass --Hawthorn bushes. Fulbourn NR, PJO Trist, 401.2., 7.6.1986. CGE; M Powell, 1995, [R]; 532.561, very frequent, JCA Rathmell, 10.5.1997, [R].
Fulbourn, 55G, M Powell, 25.6.1995, [R].
Teversham, About the closes and on the moor. Ray,Index Loc; Teversham. Martyn,1763,Herbat.VIII; T(eversham). Fisher ann. Berkenhout,47; Teversham. Relhan,1785;802;1820; Teversham. 1835,Coleman(a),57; Teversham; J Martyn. Bab.1860,157; Bab.MS.Fl.500.
Wilbraham, Long Drove, CC Babington, 29.6.1852, CGE; Wilbraham. Bab.MS.Fl.500.
Wilbraham Comon, 534.578, DA Wells, J Heap & ME Smith, 29.5.1979, [R].
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Bottisham, L.J., 16.6.1823, 12.6.1826, BATHG; Bottisham &c. Jenyns ann.Relhan,1820; J Downes, 3.6.1830, CGE; Henslow ann. l:80; Bottisham!; Henslow. Bab.1860,157.
Roman Villa section of Devil's Ditch, Cttee Walk, 6.1972; Devil's Ditch just W of old railway, JW Clarke, 1967, 1973, 1983-4; One plant in flower near path on S side, between old railway and scrubbed area (west of railway), opposite white gas main post, Devil's Ditch, G Crompton, 17.6.1983; still there, Ctte Walk,15.5.1984; Between Burwell Road and old railway, by area of Woollard's clearing of 1985, PJ Grubb, 7.1986; A number of plants with Reseda lutea in area of Woollard's clearing of 1985 on Devil's Ditch between Burwell road and old railway, PJ Grubb, 11.7.1986.
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Upware, 1883, HD.ann.
Roadside between Upware and Wicken, PW Richards, 1928 [sic] and since.
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Ely, AF.act.
Roswell Pits, Ely, very local, WW, 1895. West,1898,254; Roswell Pits, Ely, where it has been many years, Marshall. Bennett,1899,245.
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Chippenham. Relhan,1785;802;1820; Chippenham; Relhan. Bab.1860,157; Chippenham Fen, in 1883. Bennett,1899,245; CEM.ann; n.c., 15.6.1888, det. SM Walters 1953, CGE; Chippenham, 1895-1901, AH.ann.Bab; Chippenham Moor, HD.ann; Chippenham Fen, A Shrubbs, 7.1890, CGE; Chippenham, RH Lock, 16.7.1901, CGE; Near Chippenham Fen, EF Warburg, c. 1937, G Crompton, CD Preston, & PD Sell, 19.6.1987, [R]; plenty by main path, JCA Rathmell, 4.6.1994; abundant near Aquilegia, 644.693, JCA Rathmell, 22.5.1997, [R].
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Fordham. Bab.1860,157; Fordham Lane, 654.703, a few plants, R Payne, 7.1982.
The Hasse, F 24-25, AC Trueblood, 1940.
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... Beyond the 4 milestone on ye Well road Skrim.MS.
