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Albanian spurge

Euphorbia characias

355Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
32Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan16
Feb44
Mar40
Apr68
May40
Jun15
Jul24
Aug7
Sep22
Oct35
Nov19
Dec17

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England56
2Sefton England30
3West Berkshire England18
4Bracknell Forest England18
5Norfolk England12
6Surrey England10
7Worcestershire England9
8Cambridgeshire England8
9Brighton and Hove England8
10Kent England5
11Herefordshire, County of England5
12Portsmouth England4
13Highland Scotland2
14Northamptonshire England2
15Bristol, City of England2
347 England2 Scotland4 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 32 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
355
Peak month
April
Counties with records
32
Scientific name
Euphorbia characias
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,321
Most recorded in
Oxfordshire
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Euphorbia
Name with authority
Euphorbia characias L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q425890 · GBIF 3067353