Aquilegia vulgaris L. First record: Ray,1660 Aquilegia Officinarum Martyn,1727,66. Probably a relict of cultivation or garden escape in all localities except perhaps at Chippenham. Flora 1964. 25 Hatley St. George. Relhan,1802;1820. Hatley St George; Relhan,5. Bab.1860,9. Whitewood. Bab.ann.Relhan,218. White Wood, Gamlingay; SW Wanton. Bab.1860,9. 26 Wooded grounds of Hall, Papworth Everard, 2 small clumps, MC Anderson, 21.7.1957. 29 SE of Whittlesey station, 282.958, one plant in hedge, AC Leslie, 14.8.1982. 34 Bassingbourn airfield, 333.468, GMS Easy, 11.6.1996. One escape by path in Kneesworth Street, Royston, 355.410, T James, 4.5.1996, [R]. 35 Bourn churchyard, 324.564, J & P Reynolds, 1992, [R]. Edge of fallow above Harlton chalk pit, probably adventitious. West,1898,249; West ann. Kingston, 344.551, J & P Reynolds, 1992, [R]. 36 Bar Hill village, 36R, DR Donald, 1979. 44 A. vulgaris Common Columbine.Triplow. Relhan,1785;1802;1820. Triplow; Relhan,3. Bab.1860,9. Thriplow tip, GMS Easy, 1969+. Duxford, 4805.4685, one plant on wasteground SE side of road opposite Volvo, AC Leslie, 14.5.1988. 45 Aquilegia sylvestris Columbines. In a little thicket at the hither end of Teversham moore, and in other places. Ray,1660,14(44). Teversham Grange. JM.ann. A. sylvestris. Teversham, About the closes and on the moor. Ray,Index Loc. Aquilegia sylvestris Columbines. In dumetis; as in a close near Teversham-moor in Cambridge-shire,... Ray,1670:26. [Aquilegia Officinarum.] Teversham in a close as you enter the moor from the town. Th.M.ann.Meth.66. Teversham. In a close on the right hand, as you enter the moor from the town. Martyn,1763,Herbat.VIII. T(eversham).Fisher ann. Berkenhout,152. A. vulgaris Common Columbine. Teversham. Relhan,1785;1802;1820. In a little thicket at the hither end of Teversham Moor; Ray. Bab.1860,9. --------------------------- A. sylvestris...In a Close at Hinton by ye Moor. [c.1680], Newton, ann.Ray,25. C(herry) H(inton) Fisher ann. Berkenhout,152. Cherry Hinton, n.c., c.1800, IPS. A. vulgaris Common Columbine. Hinton. Relhan,1785;1802;1820. Hinton; Relhan,2. Bab.1860,9. Lime Kiln Close, 486.562, C Turner, et al., 15.7.1995, [R]. ----------------------------- In the trench surrounding Lord Osborne's grounds (scarcely wild), 1835,Coleman(a),69. Ld Godolphins Park. Bab.ann.Relhan,218. Ld Godolphin's Park, Gogmagog Hills; SWW. Bab.MS.Fl. I:30. In the park, Gogmagog Hills; SW Wanton. Bab.1860,9. ----------------------------- Fellow's grounds St. John's. 1835,Coleman(a),69. Base of lamp post, 32 Lyndewode road, 45-57-, AC Leslie, 16.12.1985. ------------------------------ Nine Wells, 461.542, M Palmer, 5.7.1978, [R]. 46 Chesterton railway sidings, GMS Easy, 1999; 14.5.2000. Impington, 443.625, one plant on old railway track, J Bevan, 24.7.1993, [R]. Landbeach gravel pit, 486.653, GMS Easy, 1971. Milton gravel pit, 482.624, GMS Easy, 1969; 476.620, GMS Easy, 1976. 47 Rsv near Sutton, 446.796, GMS Easy, 1975. 48 Welches Dam, AF.cat. Willow Holt at Welches Dam, AF.ann. 49 Railway track, March to Wimblington, JO Mountford & GMB Smith, 1969. Earth bank of dyke, Bridge Lane, Wimblington, 419.930, JO Mountford, not native, 26.5.1971. 55 Fulbourn. 1835,Coleman(a).69. Fulbourn near the end of a lane leading from the Church beside the grounds of RG Townley Esq. Coleman(b). Behind Mr Townley's grounds, Fulbourn; WH Coleman. Bab.1860,9. The present writer in 1876 found what he considered to be the true plant near the stream at Fulbourn, Evans,1939,36. On dried fen, Fulbourn, AC Seward, 1905 in CBSC. Rubbish tip, 55Q, GMS Easy, 1970+. 56 Anglesey Abbey. Relhan,1802;1820. A friend of mine brought me today specimens of the Burnet Rose.... Near the same place, he also procured the Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris). This plant I had often looked for at Anglesea Abbey, the station assigned to it by Relhan, but never could succeed in discovering it, & was always much inclined to believe that the specimens he found must have been accidental & not really wild; but the present circumstance stamps it as indigenous to our fens, & in a great measure removes that discredit which I was willing to attach to the celebrated Botanist above mentioned. Jenyns,JNH,1.6.1825. Anglesey Abbey; Relhan, Bab.1860,9. Aquilegia vulgaris ...Fens and fields on each side of Bottisham-lode, between the river and Anglesea Abbey. 25.5.1830. Henslow Exc. Bottisham Fen, RJ Bunch, 25.5.1830, LTR. Swaffham fen. Henslow ann. l:218. var. fl. albo Swaffham fen, 1825, n.c., SWN. Swaffham Fen, GB Jermyn, 1826, CGE. Swaffham Fen; Henslow. Bab.1860,9. The Croyle, Swaffham Bulbeck Fen, 553.644, JW Clarke, 1959; one clump still there, 1976; no Aquilegia but Thalictrum flavum still present, G Crompton, 1978; 2 clumps, 550.643, 1977, cleared and sprayed, 1978; 2 clumps, 551.642, G Crompton, 1977; poplar felled and ditch filled in 1978. 14 to 17 flowering plants on SE side of steep bank of ditch between arable fields on chalk marl, running SW from Adventurers' Ground Farm, Swaffham Bulbeck Fen, (formerly called Croyle Fen), 555.646, flowers deep blue, with Tussi far, Filip ulm, Galiu mol, Centa nig, Tarax off, Juncus eff, Crata mon, Rubus sp., G Crompton & JW Clarke, 5.6.1978. Devil's Ditch, ?CC Babington, Hb. CC Babington, 6.1830, CGE. Devil's Ditch. Bab.1860,9. 57 Verge, Barton Road, Ely, 57P, RM Payne, 9.2001. 65 In a field at Burrough Green, CC Babington, 8.6.1858, CGE. Cambridgeshire Naturalists' Club Meeting. Went by train to Dullingham...In a field west of Burrough Green Church there is plenty of Aquilegia. 8.6.1858. Bab.Mem.189. West of Burrough-Green church. Bab.1860,9. Aquilegia Wood Ditton. Relhan MS.(List), Bab.ann.Relhan. Saxon Street Rsv, 676.597, GMS Easy, 1984. Stetchworth. Bab.1860,9. Wood Ditton (Lethoun), Hb. CM Lemann, n.d., CGE. Wood Ditton, per Henslow, Hb. CM Lemann, n.d., CGE. Wood Ditton. Bab.1860,9. 66 Chippenham Fen abundantly in dryer part. Bab.ann.10. Chippenham, W Cross, 1883. Bennett,1899,243. Chippenham Moor, AF.ann. Chippenham Fen, RI Lynch, 25.9.1885, CUBG 139/85. Chippenham Fen, AS Shrubbs, 12.7.1886, CGE. Chippenham Fen, 1895, A Hosking ann.Bab. Chippenham Fen, plentiful and apparently indigenous. Babington distrusted this as a native in the recorded stations. West,1898,249. Chippenham Fen, A Hosking, 12.9.1899, CUBG 184/99. Chippenham Fen, EM Walker, 1907, CGE; 1907, Shrubbs ann. Chippenham Fen, AS Shrubbs, June 1911, CGE. Chippenham Fen, DH Valentine, JL Crosby, EF Warburg, c.1937; EA George, 1940. Chippenham Fen, CC Townsend, CNT Exc., 3.5.1958, [R]; CNT exc., 7.7.1963, [R]; Along edge of ride, already in seed, P Wright, CNT exc., 23.7.1972, [R]. Compartments 2 and 4, Chippenham Fen, M Musgrove, 1977; Chippenham Fen, G Crompton, CD Preston & PD Sell, 19.6.1987, [R].; 647.696, G Crompton & D Wells, 23.5.1992, [R]; Snailwell Poors Fen, 644.691, PH Oswald, D Wells et al., 17.6.1995, [R]. 20 Railway ballast, Thorney statio.046, JO Mountford, 23.8.1970.
