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Bitter-vetch

Lathyrus linifolius

2,120Records since 2000
MayPeak month
69Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb2
Mar9
Apr167
May559
Jun426
Jul257
Aug95
Sep89
Oct24
Nov10
Dec6

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England462
2Highland Scotland331
3Powys Wales103
4Perth and Kinross Scotland68
5Herefordshire, County of England62
6North Yorkshire England59
7Cumbria England57
8Sheffield England49
9Argyll and Bute Scotland46
10Aberdeenshire Scotland43
11Devon England27
12Scottish Borders Scotland18
13Stirling Scotland16
14Ceredigion Wales13
15Dorset England12
1,252 England574 Scotland143 Wales34 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 69 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,120
Peak month
May
Counties with records
69
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Lathyrus linifolius
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
14,171
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Lathyrus
Name with authority
Lathyrus linifolius (Reichard) Bässler
Contributing datasets
39

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158866 · GBIF 5356393