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Bulbous Buttercup

Ranunculus bulbosus

6,662Records since 2000
MayPeak month
103Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan34
Feb127
Mar125
Apr1,091
May2,234
Jun1,095
Jul386
Aug220
Sep128
Oct61
Nov43
Dec26

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England1,025
2Oxfordshire England176
3North Yorkshire England170
4Herefordshire, County of England169
5Sefton England125
6Devon England117
7Gloucestershire England106
8Cambridgeshire England102
9Norfolk England100
10Suffolk England100
11Powys Wales98
12Portsmouth England88
13Dorset England81
14Essex England80
15Cumbria England78
5,994 England218 Scotland329 Wales29 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 103 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,662
Peak month
May
Counties with records
103
Scientific name
Ranunculus bulbosus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
29,818
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ranunculales
Family
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Ranunculus
Name with authority
Ranunculus bulbosus L.
Contributing datasets
39

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q939633 · GBIF 3033329