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Asparagus

Asparagus officinalis

585Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
49Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr11
May40
Jun122
Jul107
Aug124
Sep80
Oct55
Nov21
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England117
2Suffolk England45
3Cambridgeshire England31
4Kent England23
5Oxfordshire England21
6Essex England16
7Norfolk England15
8Worcestershire England10
9Portsmouth England10
10Nottingham England7
11Devon England6
12Gloucestershire England6
13Surrey England5
14Kingston upon Hull, City of England5
15Northamptonshire England4
392 England1 Scotland3 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 49 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
585
Peak month
August
Counties with records
49
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Asparagus officinalis
Also known as
Garden Asparagus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,626
Most recorded in
Sefton
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Asparagaceae
Genus
Asparagus
Name with authority
Asparagus officinalis L.
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q28367 · GBIF 2768885