Former Distribution: Fo Edge (SD81J, Wood, 1840);
Green Clough (SD82Z, W Wilson, 1818, MANCH); moors above The Scouts (SD82T, Rev.
W Wood, Buxton 1849). The record from moors above Micklehurst (SD90R, Anon, 1805)
was probably in Cheshire vc58.
Habitat: Formerly found on stony ground on moorland and screes.
Taxon Designation: Species of Conservation Importance in North West England; Lancashire
BAP Provisional Long List.
Comments: Considered extinct, with the last record traced being from Fo Edge in
1869.
