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Alpine Bistort

Bistorta vivipara

761Records since 2000
JunePeak month
12Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr2
May74
Jun243
Jul231
Aug136
Sep43
Oct11
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Perth and Kinross Scotland476
2Highland Scotland174
3Stirling Scotland26
4Argyll and Bute Scotland15
5Aberdeenshire Scotland15
6Dumfries and Galloway Scotland8
7Angus Scotland8
8North Yorkshire England7
9Cumbria England6
10Moray Scotland4
11Leeds England1
12Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland1
26 England713 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 12 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
761
Peak month
June
Counties with records
12
Scientific name
Bistorta vivipara
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,677
Most recorded in
Perth and Kinross, Highland
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Polygonaceae
Genus
Bistorta
Name with authority
Bistorta vivipara (L.) Delarbre
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q768222 · GBIF 2889299