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Broad Bean

Vicia faba

294Records since 2000
MayPeak month
35Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb7
Mar12
Apr36
May84
Jun33
Jul39
Aug11
Sep11
Oct10
Nov8
Dec9

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England21
2Worcestershire England18
3West Berkshire England10
4Halton England10
5Highland Scotland9
6Kent England8
7York England6
8Portsmouth England6
9Telford and Wrekin England6
10Nottingham England6
11Cambridgeshire England5
12North Yorkshire England5
13Sefton England5
14Essex England4
15Surrey England3
273 England14 Scotland1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 35 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
294
Peak month
May
Counties with records
35
Scientific name
Vicia faba
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,065
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Vicia
Name with authority
Vicia faba L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q131342 · GBIF 2974832