First record: Ray, 1660
Thalictrum minus Martyn,1727,20.
On Thalictrum majus and minus....T. majus...T. minus...smaller form in Cambridgeshire..T. saxatile? CC Babington. Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.Series 2(April 1853)2:268; On T. saxatile. Bab.1860,299.
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Wood near Ashwell Station, JSL Gilmour, 1932.
Odsey. Fordham,1859; Thalictrum minus L. In some of the "roundabouts" in the fields.... I forget local words, but in the middle of two of the divisions of the "Hundred Field" was a "roundabout" i.e. a small thicket to break the wind, there I found the Thalictrum but cannot remember if by both roundabouts. It was varied in form and size. [Probably the roundabout at 289.381. ...Chalk grass heath obviously extended right across this area. T James.] [Odsey, 1848-1852] Barnard,1900; Mr Fordham states that the T. minus is found in the field by the sand-pit plantation at Odsey and by the railway arch there; it is probably T. saxatile. Bab.1860,1.3; Mr Fordham gives T. minus as found at Odsey (probably it is T. flexuosum) in the field by the Sand-pits plantation and by the Railway Arch. Bab.MS.Fl.1.3.
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Balks between Strethall and Ickleton. S Willett. Gibson,1862; Small colony on low chalky bank at S end of cornfield, Coploe Hill, S of Ickleton, 4925.4195, this bank is the county boundary, AC Leslie, 13.8.2001.
Hedge near Triplow wayway [sic] to Whittlesford Station. GH Bryan. Bab.ann.1; Nr Thriplow, 20.6.1913; 23.7.1920, Gregor,ann; Hedge by track to Quave, Thriplow, c. 445.473, FH Perring with G Crompton, c. 1958.
Base of scrawny hedge on arable land, Thriplow, 432.448, M O'Donnell, det. DA Wells, 1995, [R].
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Farther end of Mill Lane. Coleman(b).
Cherry Hinton Church graveyard, GMS Easy, 1975.
...and elsewhere on the borders of Gogmagog-hills, and the like places plentifully. Ray,1670:295; Ray,1690,62; Ray,1696,100; Ray,1724,203-204; By the side of the Footpath from Shelford to Gogmagog Hills. Relhan,1820; Gog Magog Hills, n.c., 4.6.1843, SWN; Gogmagog Hills. [please insert double underline] Bab.ann.Relhan,220; Gogmagogs. Bab.MS.1.3; Gogs, TH Corry, 7.1883, BEL; 1891, JG Goode, det. JHA Steuart, Hb. JCM; CJ Shepherd, 1939; Gogs, RP Libbey, 1945; Beside track edge of Magog Down, c.487.528, SM Walters et al., 6.6.1999; 4872.5288, Lucy Evans, 7.2001.
Little Trees Hill. Bab.MS.1.3; Little Trees, TH Corry, 15.7.1882, BEL; 1882, Shrubbs ann; Little Trees Hill, Gogmagog, G Goode, as T. saxatile, 8.9.1891, CGE; HD.ann; Chalk pit by Little Trees Hill, 1900, Shrubbs ann; Little Trees Hill, Chalk pit, 1904-1916, Shrubbs ann; EA George, 1940; PD Sell, 1950; FH Perring, 6.1953.
Little Trees Hill Parish Pit, Stapleford, Nat. in Cambs, (1978) 21:14; Small patch of 5 or 6 plants in flower on grassy floor of pit and 2 plants on hedge margin above pit. c. 50 yards from steep cliff, Stapleford Parish pit, 487.529, SM Walters & C Newell, 30.6.1999, [R]; Chalk pit and margin of pit, 48-52-, M Powell, 2000, [R].
Stapleford, EA George, 1940; Stapleford farm track, 483.525, R Payne, 19.9.1980.
West side of Stapleford-Gogs Road, 485.530, W side of hedgerow (past, i.e.N of track to pits), very close to arable edge, CD Preston & NF Stewart, 7.6.1988.
Fox Hill, Stapleford, 482.532, L Bacon, det. A Arbon, 28.5.1994, [R].
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Milton gravel pit, casual? subsp. babingtonii? GMS Easy, n.d., PVT.
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Great Abington, P Daunt, 1991, [R]; Chalky lane beyond railway line, 1 clump, and until 1995, P Daunt.
...also about Bartlow... Ray,1660,162-163(117); Bartlow JM.ann; Th.M.ann.Meth.-Index Loc.2; Martyn,1763,Herbat.X; Fisher ann. Berkenhout,154; Relhan,1785;1802;1820; Bartlow, Cambs Dreyer ann. Smith,1800:584.
T. minus Bournbridge Crowe ann.Hudson,1778.238.
Linton, Ray,1660,162-163(117); JM.ann; Ray,1670:295; Ray,1690,62; Ray,1696,100; Ray,1724,203-204; ...and Linton, Martyn,1732,2:292; Th.M.ann.Meth.-Index Loc.11; Martyn,1763,Herbat.X; L(inton). Fisher ann. Berkenhout,154; Relhan,1785;1802;1820; Linton Cambs Dreyer ann. Smith,1800:584; In a pasture at Barham Hall, Linton. Spurgin & Clarke, Walden Fl. 1832. SWN.
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Visited Allington Hill....In the Botannical way I met with one novelty, wh never occurred to me before in this neighbourhood viz. the Thalictrum minus a plant given by Relhan in his Flora Cant. but not mentioned as growing there: it was plentiful in three or four different places but not general thro'out the hill: it was in high perfection for gathering, some specimens being in full flower, others only in bud. Jenyns,JNH,12.7.1827; Alington Hill, L.J., 12.7.1827, BATHG.
Made a visit to Newmarket Heath ...to a small copse of furze about 150 yards to the right of the Beacon course...From thence I went along the round course, on the edge of which I noticed for the first time Thalictrum minus in plenty, wh I also found a short time back on Alington Hill. Jenyns,JNH,7.8.1827; Allington Hill, Hb. JA Power, 7.1836, RTE; Bab.MS.1.3.
Hedgerow, Babraham, EA George, 1940; Rsv, Babraham, ME Smith, 1973; Babraham Rsv NR, 525.517, JCA Rathmell, 27.6.1996; 526.517, JCA Rathmell, 16.8.1997, [R].
Beech belt, Babraham-Fulbourn boundary, 528.524, JC Faulkner, 14.7.1954.
By Cambridge road at Balsham. RBS. Bab.ann.1; Near Balsham, 1898, 1907, Shrubbs ann.
Heath Road, Bottisham, 572.587, hedge on arable side, c. 10 plants, V Morgan, 6.1989; with G Crompton, CP, 21.6.1989; 5715.5876, 34 patches of plants on field side and 5 patches on track side, E Norman, 9.1996, [R].
Bank across arable fields, Bottisham/Swaffham Bulbeck boundary, c. 574.593, V Morgan, 6.1989.
Fleam Dyke, AS Shrubbs, n.d., Shrubbs ann; AS. Bab.ann.1; T. collinum, Fleam Dyke, A Hosking, 5.9.1903, CUBG 209/03; T. collinum (T. saxatile Bab. Fl. Cambs p.1.), Fleam Dyke. West,1898,249; AGT List; CJ Shepherd, 1939.
Wood strip at rt angles to road, just S of Fleam Dyke, JSL Gilmour, 1930; Chalk grassland, Fleam Dyke, 550.539, PD Sell 62/281, 4.7.1962, CGE.
Field near Fleam Dyke, 548.540, P Wilson, 1989.
Fulbourn; WWN. Bab.MS.1.3; Betwen Fulbourn & Balsham, NW of Dotterel Hall, 550.530, one plant in hedge, NF Stewart & R Fitzgerald, 2.8.1987.
Hare Park area, verge of FP, 577.592, dense clump, GMS Easy, 8.7.1991; Street Way, Swaffham Bulbeck, 57-59-, NP Millar, 25.9.1996, [R].
Lark Hall Farm near Six Mile Bottom, FH Perring, 5.1952; Near Six Mile Bottom, ME Smith, 1974.
Southern verge of Westley Bottom Road to NW of Lime Kiln belt, 596.574, L Smailes, 8.9.1994, [R]; Verges of Westley Bottom Road, 592.576, 596.574, NP Millar, 12.9.1996, [R]; Grassy verge of Westley Bottom Road, 594.575, in flower under beech, G Crompton & DA Wells, 9.8.2000.
Heath Farm, Great Wilbraham, 566.555, field edge, P Wilson, 1987.
Wood edge opposite Worsted Lodge, 528.524, GMS Easy, 1980.
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Bottesham, n.c., 12.7.1827, SWN; Bottisham Park, ? native, AC Leslie, Nat. in Cambs, 1976.
Roman Villa section, Devil's Ditch, by path leading up from old railway, near the top on Reach side, 575.652, MJ O'Leary, 1987-90; 1 or 2 plants left beside new steps, JW Clarke, 10.1999; Devil's Ditch, 575.653, GMS Easy, 10.6.1999, [R].
Made a visit to Newmarket Heath ...to a small copse of furze about 150 yards to the right of the Beacon course...From thence I went along the round course, on the edge of which I noticed for the first time Thalictrum minus in plenty,... Jenyns,JNH,7.8.1827; Borders of N. heath? Henslow ann. l:220.
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Woody part of of Devils Ditch, Hb. JA Power, 7.8.1835, RTE; Devils Ditch, Hb. JA Power, 7.8.1835, RTE.
Dullingham, WM Palmer, 6.8.1889, MS. notebook & ann.Bab.
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Devil's Ditch, L.J., 9.7.1823, 21.7.1823, BATHG; Woody part of of Devils Ditch, Hb. JA Power, 7.8.1835, RTE; Devils Ditch, Hb. JA Power, 7.8.1835, RTE; A Malins Smith, 27.7.1905; 603.628, 12.7.1949. DE Coombe, Card Index; PD Sell & C West, 1950; Devil's Dyke near A.11, PH Oswald, 9.6.1954; Running Gap, Devil's Ditch, JW Clarke, 1958; Cttee Walk, 6.1972; Flowering noticably, especially on N side towards bottom of Devil's Ditch, from A.11 to Running Gap, Cttee Walk, 12.7.1978; Especially at base of ditch, AC Leslie, 1981; Near pines to A.11, Cttee Walk, 7.1976; Between railway and Dullingham road, (new site), BD Jones, 8.1980; New site flourishing, Cttee Walk, 21.9.1983; Devil's Ditch, Burwell/Swaffham Prior, 60-62-, DA Wells & B Smith, 25.6.1993, [R]; Devil's Ditch, Woodditton, DE Coombe & PH Oswald, 8.8.1994, [R]; Devil's Ditch, Burwell, 603.627, JCA Rathmell, 10.7.1997, [R].
Thalictrum minus The lesser Meadow Rue. About Newmarket where the Sesamoides [Silene otites] grows, and also among the corn between that pit and Cambridge road:... Ray,1660,162-163(117); Newmarket About the Town. Ray Index Loc; Thalictrum minus The lesser Meadow-Rue. In the chalky grounds about Newmarket,...Ray,1670:295;Ray,1690,62; Ray,1696,100; Ray,1724,203-204; About Newmarket ...Martyn,1732,2:292; Newmarket. About the town. Martyn,1763,Herbat.IX; Newmarket Fisher ann. Berkenhout,154; Thalictrum minus Small Meadow-rue. Newmarket. Relhan,1785; Made a visit to Newmarket Heath ...to a small copse of furze about 150 yards to the right of the Beacon course...From thence I went along the round course, on the edge of which I noticed for the first time Thalictrum minus in plenty, ... Jenyns,JNH,7.8.1827; Borders of N. heath? Henslow ann. l:220; Newmarket Heath J.D., 10.7.1830, NTM; J.D., 10.7.1830, NTM; 1834,Coleman(a),24; Coleman(b); Newmarket, JHA Turner, 6.1877, BEL; Newmarket Heath, 1892, Shrubbs ann; Thalictrum collinum Several places W of the Devil's Ditch on Newmarket Heath; Beacon Course, &c. West,1898,249; Newmarket Heath, 28.7.1902, Mills ann; GC Druce, 7.1904, OXF; Newmarket, GC Druce as T.?calcareum, 6.1904, CGE; "...at Newmarket on the chalk this plant is abundant. It varies much in size, in exposed places it is dwarfed to a few inches, while in sheltered & damp spots it reaches a height of two or three feet." G Claridge Druce ... 8.1905, (BEC label), CGE; CE Moss, 1910, CGE, not found.
Saxon lane, Newmarket; and on a bankside in a field behind Mr Vernon's house. Relhan,litt.1799; Saxon Lane Newmarket. Dreyer ann. Smith,1800:584; Saxon Lane, Newmarket: and in a Field behind Mr. Vernon's House. Relhan,1802;1820.
Abundant near the Newmarket Road
m. before reaching the Devil's Ditch HL Jones, 1876. AS. 1884. Bab.ann.1; Wood by main road before Devil's Ditch, JSL Gilmour, 1929; Side of main road into Newmarket, 624.618, JC Faulkner, 1953, CGE. not found.Round Course, 60-61-, DA Wells, 22.7.1999, [R].
