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Common Bistort

Bistorta officinalis

692Records since 2000
MayPeak month
69Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar18
Apr116
May233
Jun147
Jul31
Aug31
Sep16
Oct7
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England75
2Cumbria England35
3Fife Scotland24
4York England23
5North Yorkshire England22
6Glasgow City Scotland20
7Cheshire East England13
8Sefton England11
9Sandwell England11
10Bury England9
11Stockport England9
12Highland Scotland8
13Sheffield England8
14Aberdeen City Scotland8
15Liverpool England8
532 England124 Scotland22 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 69 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
692
Peak month
May
Counties with records
69
Scientific name
Bistorta officinalis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,100
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
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 Raf.
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 7925535