A small-flowered Evenint-primrose from a population found at Crosby Coastal Park was collected and sent to Rosemary Murphy, the national referee for Oenothera, earlier this year. Rosemary has now carried out a detailed examination of the plant material and has concluded that it is most likely the ‘triple hybrid’ Oenothera glazioviana x O. biennis x O.cambrica an identification which had previously been suspected.
This taxon is new to the Sefton Coast and is considered nationally rare having records from only a handful of scattered locations in southern England, Wales and the south-east of Ireland. BSBI Maps show only 16 hectads in Britain and Ireland, only four of which are post-2000.
Phil will be amending the report and taxon list for Crosby Coastal Park to reflect this new and exciting find!
Message edited from original circular from Dr Phil Smith.
BSBI Distribution: http://bsbi.org/maps?taxonid=2cd4p9h.kv7
