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Bearded iris

Iris germanica

92Records since 2000
MayPeak month
24Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr17
May26
Jun19
Jul4
Aug4
Sep18
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England5
2Norfolk England3
3Suffolk England3
4Oxfordshire England3
5Essex England2
6Devon England2
7Herefordshire, County of England2
8Dudley England2
9Kent England1
10Somerset England1
11Gloucestershire England1
12Gwynedd Wales1
13Aberdeenshire Scotland1
14Ceredigion Wales1
15Bath and North East Somerset England1
49 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 24 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
92
Peak month
May
Counties with records
24
Scientific name
Iris germanica
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
758
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Iridaceae
Genus
Iris
Name with authority
Iris ×germanica L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161734 · GBIF 5298069