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[0] Cotswold Pennycress [1] April to May. [2] Cotswold penny-cress has a cluster of white flowers about two millimetres in diameter. As they ripen, they form heart-shaped seed pods below the flowers. With one or more stems, it has a rosette of waxy grey-green leaves at the base of the plant. The leaves are roughly oval with scalloped edges. Its stem leaves are narrower and encircle the stem. [3] As its name suggests, this plant is very local in its range, being found at eight sites in the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, but has also become established at other sites inside and outside this area. [4] An unusual member of the cabbage family, it was dispersed by often being blown along railway lines by trains, or introduced with the limestone railway ballast Observed growing in pasture, scree, walls and in quarries. It grows as an annual and can over-winter. [6] Due to its low dispersal rate, one way to help this plant would be to create suitable 'corridors' such as the development of railways and the opening of new quarries with the continuing use of existing sites. [5] 
Cotswold pennycress is listed in the UK Biodiversity Action Plans. Threats include the increased use of herbicides and the removal of walls, hedges and associated banks. This plant benefits from 'overgrazing', as this practise prevents the grass sward from closing over and reducing opportunities to colonise bare patches
Springtime Flowers in the Cotswolds. - Gardens - Cotswold Life
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