When it is recorded
Jan7
Feb17
Mar118
Apr779
May1,236
Jun760
Jul487
Aug328
Sep218
Oct105
Nov37
Dec15
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kent | England | 142 | |
| 2 | Essex | England | 109 | |
| 3 | Sefton | England | 102 | |
| 4 | Surrey | England | 100 | |
| 5 | Oxfordshire | England | 99 | |
| 6 | Cambridgeshire | England | 89 | |
| 7 | Devon | England | 75 | |
| 8 | Worcestershire | England | 70 | |
| 9 | Norfolk | England | 67 | |
| 10 | Suffolk | England | 61 | |
| 11 | Nottinghamshire | England | 60 | |
| 12 | Somerset | England | 59 | |
| 13 | Lincolnshire | England | 57 | |
| 14 | Northamptonshire | England | 48 | |
| 15 | Cornwall | England | 47 |
847 England9 Scotland14 Wales1 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 117 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 4,147
- Peak month
- May
- Counties with records
- 117
- Scientific name
- Melissa officinalis
- Group
- Flowering plants
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 6,333
- Most recorded in
- Kent, Essex, Sefton, Surrey, Oxfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Devon, Worcestershire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Nottinghamshire, Somerset +1
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Melissa
- Name with authority
- Melissa officinalis L.
- Contributing datasets
- 20
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q148396 · GBIF 5341501