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Common Bistort

Bistorta officinalis

1,020Records since 2000
MayPeak month
82Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar25
Apr132
May353
Jun266
Jul105
Aug73
Sep50
Oct8
Nov2
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cumbria England83
2North Yorkshire England42
3Highland Scotland39
4Sheffield England35
5Worcestershire England34
6Shetland Islands —25
7Stockport England21
8Bury England15
9Powys Wales13
10City of Edinburgh Scotland12
11Herefordshire, County of England12
12Calderdale England12
13Kirklees England11
14Gloucestershire England10
15Trafford England10
641 England102 Scotland15 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 82 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,020
Peak month
May
Counties with records
82
Scientific name
Bistorta officinalis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,100
Most recorded in
Cumbria
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Polygonaceae
Genus
Bistorta
Name with authority
Bistorta officinalis Delarbre
Contributing datasets
11

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q112917 · GBIF 6390806