Recorded from Worsley (SD7400 & SD7500, 1999) and Clifton (SD7703, DP Earl,
2003). It is thought that plants common along the Ship Canal by the new link-road
to Trafford Park, Eccles (SJ7798 & SJ 7898) are this species.
The flowers are white and the panicle is pyramidal. The carpels are glabrous.
Green stems often contrast with red-purple based prickles. The terminal leaflets
are ovate.
