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Caper Spurge

Euphorbia lathyris

4,369Records since 2000
JunePeak month
95Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan86
Feb99
Mar179
Apr379
May804
Jun939
Jul690
Aug411
Sep279
Oct216
Nov140
Dec66

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England153
2Oxfordshire England150
3Essex England137
4Cambridgeshire England134
5Norfolk England133
6Surrey England125
7Worcestershire England117
8Suffolk England107
9Lincolnshire England104
10Gloucestershire England90
11Somerset England74
12Devon England68
13North Yorkshire England67
14Northamptonshire England56
15Nottinghamshire England54
1,171 England2 Scotland6 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 95 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,369
Peak month
June
Counties with records
95
Scientific name
Euphorbia lathyris
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
7,128
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Euphorbia
Name with authority
Euphorbia lathyris L.
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q164223 · GBIF 3066965