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Bog Pimpernel

Lysimachia tenella

1,537Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
49Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb3
Mar7
Apr6
May60
Jun411
Jul447
Aug213
Sep97
Oct35
Nov10
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England283
2Pembrokeshire Wales207
3Argyll and Bute Scotland94
4Devon England85
5Powys Wales77
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland70
7Isle of Anglesey Wales51
8Norfolk England50
9Cornwall England45
10Cumbria England43
11Cambridgeshire England31
12Gwynedd Wales27
13Ceredigion Wales22
14North Yorkshire England17
15Sefton England16
829 England201 Scotland455 Wales23 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 49 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,537
Peak month
July
Counties with records
49
Scientific name
Lysimachia tenella
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
7,484
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Primulaceae
Genus
Lysimachia
Name with authority
Lysimachia tenella L.
Contributing datasets
38

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q21976265 · GBIF 4005183