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Betony

Betonica officinalis

4,042Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
88Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan18
Feb13
Mar29
Apr140
May223
Jun617
Jul1,309
Aug698
Sep216
Oct104
Nov37
Dec14

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England601
2Cornwall England204
3North Yorkshire England178
4Cumbria England172
5Powys Wales170
6Herefordshire, County of England111
7Devon England94
8Pembrokeshire Wales77
9Somerset England44
10Sheffield England36
11Ceredigion Wales32
12Carmarthenshire Wales32
13Dorset England31
14Cheshire East England30
15Glasgow City Scotland27
3,421 England56 Scotland354 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 88 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,042
Peak month
July
Counties with records
88
Scientific name
Betonica officinalis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
16,483
Conservation designations
Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Betonica
Name with authority
Betonica officinalis L.
Contributing datasets
37

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q21872006 · GBIF 2927280