Berry Catchfly Pin

Cucbalis baccifer Common name Berry Catchfly

Image from "The Cambridge British Flora" Volume III Plates

C. E. Moss, D.Sc., MA., F.L.S, F.R.G.S. Professor of Botany at the University College, Johannesburg, University of South Africa

Published 1920

Tracheophyta ›Magnoliopsida›Caryophyllaceae›Cucubalus›Cucubalus baccifer

Ecology

A sprawling, well-branched perennial herb that was naturalised on the banks of a ditch on the Isle of Dogs (Surrey), and remains established in rank grass and open areas of woodland in several sites in Norfolk. Elsewhere it is found as a casual on roadsides and hedge banks, arising from bird-seed or, rarely, as a garden escape. Lowland.

Status

Neophyte

Trends

C. baccifer has been regarded as native but is now accepted as probably alien. It was apparently first recorded from the wild in 1570, and has been known from W. Norfolk since 1914.

World Distribution

Native of Europe, S.W. Asia and disjunctly in E. Asia.

These Custom Pin Buttons are made from metal, yet are lightweight and durable with a strong safety pin.

.: 3 sizes

.: Safety pin backing

.: Made in the USA