Sagina nodosa (L.) Fenzl Conservation status: C First record: Ray, 1660 Saxifraga palustris Anglica English Marsh–Saxifrage. Ray,1670:277. Alsine palustris foliis tenuissimis seu Saxifraga palustris Anglica... Sergula minor foliis Knawel, flore majusculo albo... English Marsh–Saxifrage. In palustribus mense Julio floret. Flores majores quam pro plantulae modo,... Ray,1696,210; Ray,1724,350. Spergula minor foliis Knawel flore majusculo albo Martyn,1727,95. 25 Gamlingay. Relhan,1785;1802; Gamlingay, &c. Relhan,1820. S.nodosa Gamlingay. Bab.ann.Relhan,186. Gamlingay.Bab.1860,35. 29 Open rabbit grazed grassland, motor cycle scrambling pit S of Yardy's Pit, 253.976, NP Millar, 22.8.1997 & 22.7.1998. [R]. 34 Walls, Meldreth/Melbourn, 1886, WM Palmer ann.Bab. [unconfirmed] 38 Doddington Turf–fen, CC Babington, 1.9.1853, conf N Jardine 1963, CGE. Doddington Turf–fen.Bab.1860,35. Turf Fen, AF.cat. Dykemoor Drove, AF.ann. 44 Saxifraga palustris Anglica In a gravel pit between Triplow Heath & Foulmire. Junio. JM.ann. Spergula foliis Knawell Triplow heath ['Heath' deleted] JM.ann.Index Loc. [Spergula minor foliis Knawel...] August. In a Gravel pit between Triplow heath & Foulmire. June. Th.M.ann.Meth.95. Spergula fol. Knawel Triplow heath Th.M.ann.Meth.–Index Loc.(f.)5. Ickleton; GS Gibson. Bab.1860,35. 45 Alsine palustris foliis tenuissimis sive saxifraga palustris alsinefolia Small–water Saxifrage, upon Teversham and Hinton moors near the watery places. The white flower is very large for the size of the plant. Ray,1660,9(41). (Hinton) On the moor and in the water there. Ray,Index Loc. [Ray, his error for ?Alsine palustris, Smallwater Saxifrage. Ewen & Prime] Spergula minor fol. Knawel Teversham moor JM.ann.Index Loc. Spergula minor foliis Knawel Teversham Th.M.ann.Meth.–Index Loc.(f.)5. Teversham. On the Moor. Martyn,1763,Herbat.VIII. T(eversham) M(oor) Fisher ann. Berkenhout,130. Teversham... Moor. Relhan,1785;1802,1820. Bab.1860,35. –––––––––––––––––– Spergula nodosa. Cherry–Hinton. In and about the Moor. Martyn,1763,Herbat.VIII. Cher: Hint. Moor Fisher ann. Berkenhout,130. Spergula nodosa Knotted Spurrey, or English Marsh Saxifrage. Hinton, [Moor] Relhan,1785;1802. ... and Hinton Moor; Ray. Bab.1860,35. –––––––––––––– C(halk) P(it Close) Fisher ann. Berkenhout,130. Cherry–Hinton. In the close called by Mr Ray the Chalk–pit Close. Martyn,1763,Herbat.VIII. ––––––––––––––––– 1st mile to Trumpington. Henslow ann. l:186. Cambridge, n.c., (? JS Henslow), 2.8.1823, conf N Jardine 1963, CGE. On the common one mile from Cambridge towards London. Bab.1860,35. Cambridge, 17.7.1873, Bent.ann. Cambridge, HD.ann. Dernford fen, 1882, HD.ann. Dernford fen, RI Lynch,1894, ann.Fl.Cambs, CUBG. Dernford Fen, 1895, A Hosking ann.Bab. Dernford Fen, W of the railway. West,1898,250. Chesterton Common, W.L.P.G., 4.8.1824, SWN. 48 Pastures immediately SE of bridge at Horseway, West,1898,250. Welches Dam, AF.cat. Old Lynn Drove [?grid ref] AF.ann. Witcham AF.cat. 49 Hook, AF.cat. Firelots, AF.cat. 56 Sagina nodosa Bottisham Hall, In the Shrubbery, Jenyns,1860. Shrubbery at Bottisham Hall, L.J. Bab.ann. Bottisham, L Jenyns, 5.9.1822, conf N Jardine 1963, CGE. Bottisham, n.c.(Hb Jenyns), 10.9.1822, BATHG. Bottisham Fen, Bab.1860,35. Fens Burwell Camb. ex Hb Mrs Casborne [Anne Casborne], 13[?].8.1832, conf. N Jardine 1963, CGE. Quy Fen. Bab.ann.Relhan,186. Quy Fen; SW Wanton. Bab.1860,35. Quy, A H(osking), 24.9.1898, conf N Jardine 1963, CGE. Quy Fen, 8.8.1920, Mills ann. Quy Fen, SM Walters, CNT exc. 10.8.1963. Not found Quy Fen, SM Walters & G Crompton, 26.7.1977. 57 Quarry near Upware, CC Babington, 9.8.1861, conf N Jardine 1963, CGE. Quarry near Upware. Bab.1860,35. Upware Pits, CEM, 1911. Wicken Fen, Bab.1860,35. Stuntney, WM in AF.ann. Fens, Cambs., G H (?enslow), 1856, conf N Jardine 1963, CGE. 66 Newmarket. Bab.1860,35. Kennet Heath.Bab.1860,35. Devil's Ditch, 621.613, Flat area where ditch partly filled in, + bare places, PF Yeo, 25.9.1955, conf N Jardine 1963, CGE. 67 Isleham Fen, AF.ann. Overgrown sandpit, Isleham Plantation, G. Halliday, 29.10.1955. 40 Spergula nodosa. By the Toll Bar on ye Elm Road. Skrim.MS. Fens, Cambs, G H (?enslow), 1856, conf N Jardine 1963, CGE. Opposite Guiherne on the south bank of the river Nene. Wisbech. Bab.1860,35. 41 S. nodosa This elegant little plant grows abundantly by the river side below the Town at Wisbech. f. June 1807. Hort.Sicc.3:WBCH. On the Bank & Salt–marshes, below Bushy–Place also on the Opposite side of the river. 1828. Skrim.MS. Wisbech. Bab.1860,35. Reclaimed banks of the river Ouse, below Wisbech, A Mesey–Thompson, 7.1905, det. CE M(oss), conf N Jardine 1963, CGE. Foul Anchor, R. Nene, Wisbech, 1912, Shrubbs ann. A curious prostrate form of a dark green colour with opposite lateral branches, found at Wisbech, has not yet been determined. Evans 1911,221. Evans,1939.
