A plant thought to be globally extinct has been rediscovered growing near a popular country walking route.
The leek-coloured hawkweed, which resembles a dandelion, was discovered in Derbyshire in 1898 but not confirmed as a new species until 1942.
It disappeared from the area in the 1950s and died out at its only other site in Staffordshire some years ago.
Now staff from Kew's Millennium Seed Bank have found two small populations near the Peak District's Monsal Trail.
Just 62 of the plants, which grow in rocky limestone habitats, have been indentified in a nature reserve.=read more
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