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Black Horehound

Ballota nigra

6,109Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
70Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan31
Feb46
Mar81
Apr197
May302
Jun1,196
Jul1,484
Aug920
Sep618
Oct379
Nov133
Dec55

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England637
2Essex England405
3Suffolk England333
4Cambridgeshire England283
5Norfolk England245
6Oxfordshire England200
7Kent England171
8Telford and Wrekin England118
9Surrey England117
10Portsmouth England94
11Sefton England82
12Brighton and Hove England63
13Devon England51
14Lincolnshire England48
15North Yorkshire England45
4,622 England20 Scotland19 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 70 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,109
Peak month
July
Counties with records
70
Scientific name
Ballota nigra
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
18,704
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Ballota
Name with authority
Ballota nigra L.
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q157878 · GBIF 2926894