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Cat's-ear

Hypochaeris radicata

14,718Records since 2000
JunePeak month
120Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan143
Feb160
Mar202
Apr808
May1,735
Jun2,986
Jul2,415
Aug1,681
Sep1,123
Oct606
Nov268
Dec108

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England2,161
2Highland Scotland905
3Sefton England691
4Argyll and Bute Scotland456
5Norfolk England331
6Cornwall England314
7Herefordshire, County of England303
8Devon England299
9Suffolk England228
10Sheffield England226
11Telford and Wrekin England204
12Powys Wales200
13Cumbria England194
14Essex England172
15Oxfordshire England170
11,295 England2,226 Scotland772 Wales85 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 120 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
14,718
Peak month
June
Counties with records
120
Scientific name
Hypochaeris radicata
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
65,693
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Hypochaeris
Name with authority
Hypochaeris radicata L.
Contributing datasets
59

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q421057 · GBIF 3093702