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Annual Mercury

Mercurialis annua

2,316Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
36Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan189
Feb139
Mar140
Apr184
May146
Jun179
Jul208
Aug216
Sep230
Oct276
Nov205
Dec179

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England162
2Portsmouth England155
3Suffolk England97
4Norfolk England88
5Cambridgeshire England86
6Essex England84
7Brighton and Hove England64
8Surrey England26
9Worcestershire England20
10Oxfordshire England17
11West Berkshire England17
12Medway England16
13Nottingham England15
14Somerset England14
15Northamptonshire England14
1,555 England5 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 36 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,316
Peak month
October
Counties with records
36
Scientific name
Mercurialis annua
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,784
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Mercurialis
Name with authority
Mercurialis annua L.
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q163949 · GBIF 3062975