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Broad-leaved Dock

Rumex obtusifolius

22,935Records since 2000
MayPeak month
125Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan286
Feb494
Mar1,100
Apr3,092
May3,195
Jun3,099
Jul2,770
Aug2,134
Sep1,532
Oct1,026
Nov565
Dec256

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England3,067
2Sefton England1,698
3Highland Scotland664
4Liverpool England660
5Argyll and Bute Scotland491
6North Yorkshire England443
7Halton England427
8Herefordshire, County of England401
9St. Helens England385
10Oxfordshire England377
11Norfolk England330
12Sheffield England299
13Suffolk England294
14Telford and Wrekin England276
15Essex England259
18,644 England2,482 Scotland580 Wales76 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 125 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
22,935
Peak month
May
Counties with records
125
Scientific name
Rumex obtusifolius
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
84,420
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Polygonaceae
Genus
Rumex
Name with authority
Rumex obtusifolius L.
Contributing datasets
67

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q162800 · GBIF 2889011