This is a plants whose distribution has changed hugely over the last 20 years. Quite suddenly it started to appear on the central reservations of some dual carriageways and motorways until now there can scarcely be a major road without its share of C danica. Its leaves are full of Vitamin C and was used to cure Scurvy in the middle ages.
Alongside the East Lancs road (A580) near St Helens, 9th March 2005
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Added on 9th March 2005