East Perthshire - Botanical Society of the British Isles

NN 619735 2006 SSSI Sow of Atholl Loose, basic outcrops Several colonies M C Robinson & PSNS
NN 95-63- 2012 SSSI Ben Vrackie Loose calcareous soils Several colonies M C Robinson
NN 96 1977 SSSI Creag Spardain J Pitt
NO 054767 2010 SSSI Glas Tulaichean Loose calcareous soils Several colonies M C Robinson & L Tucker
Restricted to soft mica-schists and limestones, where it is vulnerable to erosion.
Cerastium diffusum
Local rarity: Scarce
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NO 12SW 1989 anon
Sea Mouse-ear N
NO 12X 2007 Pole Hill Top of cliff M C Robinson & L Tucker
NO 164227 1981 Kinfauns N F Stewart
NO 183226 1977 Glencarse Hill A Robson
NO 13NW 1990 SSSI N side of R Tay R A H Smith
NO 138401 1999 Little Fardle PSNS
Probably overlooked. The VC89 'coastline' lacks suitable short, dry ,open grassland and all of these sites are inland
Cerastium semidecandrum
Local rarity: Rare
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Little Mouse-ear N
NO 12G 2003 SSSI Kinnoull Hill A Godfrey & PSNS
NO 12NE 1989 anon
NO 23SW 1987 anon
A small and insignificant plant, it is probably under-recorded in the well-drained, sandy or calcareous soils it requires. FBW records it as being common.
Chaenorhinum minus
Local rarity: Scarce
Grid ref. Date Protection Site Habitat Abundance Recorder
NN 95S 1998 SSSI Tomdachoille Island R Youngman
NO 22SW 1987 anon
NO 204382 1992 Keithick anon
NO 32NW 1987 anon
NO 3430 1987 Invergowrie M Benstead
An archaeophyte species of dry, often calcareous waste places, walls etc, that is at the northern end of its range. It is not mentioned in the Flora (FBW).
Small Toadflax A