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Butterbur [plant]

Petasites hybridus

3,451Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
110Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan18
Feb44
Mar644
Apr943
May388
Jun348
Jul298
Aug264
Sep149
Oct47
Nov21
Dec6

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England244
2North Yorkshire England148
3City of Edinburgh Scotland115
4Cumbria England89
5Cheshire East England61
6Powys Wales59
7Argyll and Bute Scotland56
8Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland52
9Fife Scotland49
10North Tyneside England45
11Norfolk England41
12East Lothian Scotland41
13East Riding of Yorkshire England35
14York England34
15Gloucestershire England32
1,957 England334 Scotland108 Wales104 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 110 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,451
Peak month
April
Counties with records
110
Scientific name
Petasites hybridus
Also known as
Butterbur
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
12,558
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Petasites
Name with authority
Petasites hybridus (L.) G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.
Contributing datasets
38

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 9490132