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Apple of Peru

Nicandra physalodes

2,538Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
94Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb2
Mar0
Apr2
May6
Jun59
Jul292
Aug651
Sep788
Oct587
Nov130
Dec7

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Somerset England119
2Devon England106
3Surrey England102
4Cumbria England95
5Kent England89
6Norfolk England75
7North Yorkshire England63
8Suffolk England55
9Essex England53
10Oxfordshire England51
11Cambridgeshire England49
12Dorset England49
13Lincolnshire England39
14Nottinghamshire England37
15Herefordshire, County of England35
145 England1 Scotland2 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 94 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,538
Peak month
September
Counties with records
94
Scientific name
Nicandra physalodes
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,286
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Solanales
Family
Solanaceae
Genus
Nicandra
Name with authority
Nicandra physalodes (L.) Gaertn.
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1509784 · GBIF 5341754