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Black Nightshade

Solanum nigrum

3,192Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
91Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan14
Feb4
Mar5
Apr19
May31
Jun121
Jul481
Aug693
Sep599
Oct544
Nov325
Dec50

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England316
2Worcestershire England282
3Suffolk England123
4Norfolk England100
5Essex England98
6Kingston upon Hull, City of England57
7Cambridgeshire England51
8Surrey England51
9Portsmouth England51
10Kent England50
11Sheffield England45
12Devon England40
13York England37
14Telford and Wrekin England33
15Warrington England31
2,997 England38 Scotland44 Wales9 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 91 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,192
Peak month
August
Counties with records
91
Scientific name
Solanum nigrum
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
17,081
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Solanales
Family
Solanaceae
Genus
Solanum
Name with authority
Solanum nigrum L.
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 9150405