ADVENTIVES AND ALIENS: Adventives & Aliens News 24
ADVENTIVES AND ALIENS Adventives and Aliens News 24 Compiled by Matthew Berry
Flat 2, Lascelles Mansions, 8–10 Lascelles Terrace, Eastbourne BN21 4BJ m.berry15100@btinternet.com
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f I pick out a few records from what follows, it is by way of an introduction and should not be seen to detract in any way from the other records, all of which have their particular interest and importance. Nevertheless, I trust members will be fascinated to read about the occurrence of two unfamiliar Himalayan species, one woody and one herbaceous, which have been found in ‘wild’ situations, both in Scottish vice-counties (see v.cc. 96 & 104); and a S. African grass seen flowering remarkably early in the year in v.cc. 17 and 21, and with which we might like to familiarise ourselves in case it becomes more widespread. I have also included some more of Paul Stanley’s remarkable alien finds from the farmed landscapes of v.c. 10. Many thanks.
V.c. 4 (N. Devon)
Verbena incompta P.W. Michael (Purpletop Vervain). Northam (SS4500227855), 4/1/2021, R.I. Kirby: one c. 2 m tall plant growing at side of green track, Hanson Park. The first county record. See v.c. 15.
V.c. 9 (Dorset)
Nemophila menziesii (Baby-blue-eyes). Swanage (SZ0210879409), 1/5/2021, D. Leadbetter: three plants on verge south of sewage works, likely where soil had been imported the previous year. See Adventives & Aliens News 21, v.c. 14. Collinsia heterophylla Buist ex Graham (Chinesehouses). Swanage (SZ0210779409), 16/5/2021, D. Leadbetter: a number of plants on verge south of sewage works. At a somewhat later date 20 plants were seen in flower (D. Leadbetter pers. comm.). An annual (Plantaginaceae) native to California sometimes grown as a garden plant. The twolipped flowers have an unusual structure with a
Nemophila menziesii (left) and Collinsia heterophylla (right), Swanage, Dorset (v.c. 9). David Leadbetter
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