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Charlock

Sinapis arvensis

1,733Records since 2000
JunePeak month
78Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan27
Feb14
Mar20
Apr130
May289
Jun348
Jul263
Aug165
Sep112
Oct46
Nov20
Dec12

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England204
2Cambridgeshire England119
3Oxfordshire England107
4Suffolk England106
5North Tyneside England39
6Essex England33
7Norfolk England28
8West Berkshire England22
9Highland Scotland21
10Cornwall England21
11Herefordshire, County of England20
12Sefton England19
13Kent England16
14Devon England14
15Gloucestershire England14
1,551 England72 Scotland9 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 78 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,733
Peak month
June
Counties with records
78
Scientific name
Sinapis arvensis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
22,641
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Brassicales
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Sinapis
Name with authority
Sinapis arvensis L.
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q27986 · GBIF 3047598