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Bastard Balm

Melittis melissophyllum

195Records since 2000
MayPeak month
40Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr1
May108
Jun77
Jul3
Aug2
Sep2
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England50
2Cornwall England15
3Kent England6
4Surrey England4
5Rutland England4
6Pembrokeshire Wales4
7Perth and Kinross Scotland4
8Isle of Wight England4
9Cambridgeshire England3
10Oxfordshire England3
11Dorset England3
12Gloucestershire England3
13Cumbria England3
14Herefordshire, County of England3
15Worcestershire England2
42 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 40 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
195
Peak month
May
Counties with records
40
Scientific name
Melittis melissophyllum
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
416
Most recorded in
Devon
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Melittis
Name with authority
Melittis melissophyllum L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158925 · GBIF 8105693