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Bear's-breech

Acanthus mollis

1,099Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
72Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan36
Feb64
Mar97
Apr167
May160
Jun146
Jul146
Aug79
Sep40
Oct53
Nov69
Dec35

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England93
2Devon England47
3Kent England41
4Essex England39
5Sefton England38
6Somerset England27
7Suffolk England26
8Norfolk England24
9Cambridgeshire England20
10Oxfordshire England19
11Dorset England18
12Worcestershire England17
13Brighton and Hove England17
14Surrey England16
15Nottinghamshire England16
220 England1 Scotland13 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 72 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,099
Peak month
April
Counties with records
72
Scientific name
Acanthus mollis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,280
Most recorded in
Cornwall
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Acanthaceae
Genus
Acanthus
Name with authority
Acanthus mollis L.
Contributing datasets
10

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q136648 · GBIF 5415455