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Bristly Oxtongue

Helminthotheca echioides

8,049Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
82Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan167
Feb121
Mar166
Apr509
May610
Jun1,113
Jul1,534
Aug1,405
Sep963
Oct752
Nov342
Dec175

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Essex England601
2Cambridgeshire England469
3Suffolk England302
4Oxfordshire England297
5Portsmouth England261
6Kent England229
7Norfolk England152
8Cornwall England137
9Brighton and Hove England108
10Surrey England107
11Kingston upon Hull, City of England95
12Sefton England92
13Worcestershire England87
14Devon England80
15Southend-on-Sea England67
7,687 England16 Scotland101 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 82 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
8,049
Peak month
July
Counties with records
82
Scientific name
Helminthotheca echioides
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
26,780
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Helminthotheca
Name with authority
Helminthotheca echioides (L) Holub
Contributing datasets
35

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1764432 · GBIF 3141855