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Bluebell

Hyacinthoides non-scripta

17,510Records since 2000
MayPeak month
122Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan29
Feb147
Mar744
Apr5,255
May5,541
Jun1,694
Jul888
Aug569
Sep266
Oct84
Nov30
Dec13

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England2,168
2Argyll and Bute Scotland651
3Sheffield England529
4Herefordshire, County of England502
5Highland Scotland482
6Essex England408
7Devon England358
8Powys Wales342
9North Yorkshire England296
10Cumbria England238
11Norfolk England226
12Cornwall England220
13Surrey England202
14Kent England201
15Oxfordshire England184
12,910 England1,946 Scotland943 Wales149 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 122 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
17,510
Peak month
May
Counties with records
122
Scientific name
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
56,221
Conservation designations
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Asparagaceae
Genus
Hyacinthoides
Name with authority
Hyacinthoides non-scripta (L.) Chouard ex Rothm.
Contributing datasets
55

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q164013 · GBIF 5304283