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Nepeta cataria

114Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
23Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar1
Apr10
May12
Jun23
Jul26
Aug26
Sep9
Oct2
Nov0
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England14
2Kent England7
3Suffolk England4
4Norfolk England3
5Gloucestershire England3
6Bury England3
7Surrey England2
8Cornwall England2
9Northamptonshire England2
10Brighton and Hove England2
11Oxfordshire England1
12Highland Scotland1
13Essex England1
14Worcestershire England1
15Sefton England1
46 England1 Scotland1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 23 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
114
Peak month
July
Counties with records
23
Scientific name
Nepeta cataria
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
549
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Nepeta
Name with authority
Nepeta cataria L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161139 · GBIF 5341499