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Altar-lily

Zantedeschia aethiopica

1,326Records since 2000
JunePeak month
82Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan12
Feb6
Mar17
Apr109
May440
Jun476
Jul171
Aug44
Sep15
Oct13
Nov13
Dec10

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England128
2Kent England48
3Devon England48
4Norfolk England38
5Sefton England24
6Essex England22
7Pembrokeshire Wales21
8Somerset England20
9Suffolk England19
10Dorset England19
11Isle of Wight England19
12Lincolnshire England18
13Torbay England16
14Cambridgeshire England15
15Surrey England15
53 England1 Scotland1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 82 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,326
Peak month
June
Counties with records
82
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Zantedeschia aethiopica
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
350
Most recorded in
Cornwall
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Zantedeschia
Name with authority
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Contributing datasets
8

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1945905 · GBIF 2868827