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Columbine

Aquilegia vulgaris

3,047Records since 2000
MayPeak month
115Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan8
Feb31
Mar129
Apr406
May927
Jun468
Jul227
Aug170
Sep191
Oct136
Nov57
Dec31

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England288
2Oxfordshire England136
3Sefton England80
4West Berkshire England68
5Highland Scotland65
6Gloucestershire England46
7Herefordshire, County of England45
8Cumbria England43
9North Yorkshire England42
10North Tyneside England35
11Surrey England34
12Bracknell Forest England34
13York England33
14Sheffield England29
15Norfolk England24
2,232 England197 Scotland52 Wales8 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 115 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,047
Peak month
May
Counties with records
115
Scientific name
Aquilegia vulgaris
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
15,695
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ranunculales
Family
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Aquilegia
Name with authority
Aquilegia vulgaris L.
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q148929 · GBIF 3033191