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The alien Gallant Soldier, Galinsoga parviflora, is found quite widely in the south of England, having apparently escaped from Kew Gardens in the middle of the 19th century, where it had previously been introduced as a garden plant. Since then its range has been spreading, but the New Atlas shows only scattered locations in Scotland. All of these are prior to 1986 and none near Glasgow, though a report in the Glasgow Naturalist by Alan Stirling states that a number of plants were found near Kilsyth in 1968.
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In 2003 I found three plants as roadside weeds in Maryhill, Glasgow, and this is a new record both for Lanarkshire and for Glasgow. Unfortunately two of the plants fell victim to weed-killer during September, but the third continued to flower well.
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In 2004 a total of 7 plants flowered
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In 2005, 3 plants flowered despite early weedkilling.
This photo was taken on 1st September 2005.
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In 2006 there was a cluster of plants by the wall plus a plant by the lamp post, but in 2007 there was just a single plant by the lamp post. In 2008 and 2009 I could find no plants, and this species now seems to have disappeared from the site.
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