Distribution:
Locally common on the western plain and the flanks of Winter Hill, very local elsewhere with scattered populations east to Sabden (SD7836) and County Brook (SD9604) on the vice-county border, east of Oldham.
Habitat:
Woods, moorland scrub, heaths, sand-dunes, roadside banks, tracks and ditchsides across the former mosslands.
Taxon Designation:
Endemic.
Comments:
Considered endemic to the British Isles, with the main populations extending along the west coast from Liverpool to the North Channel and then across the Southern Lowlands.
This map has been generated by Mapmate 12/11/2011