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Common Butterwort

Pinguicula vulgaris

3,325Records since 2000
JunePeak month
45Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb0
Mar1
Apr65
May505
Jun1,125
Jul758
Aug442
Sep205
Oct30
Nov8
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,403
2Argyll and Bute Scotland362
3Perth and Kinross Scotland292
4Cumbria England203
5North Yorkshire England94
6Powys Wales81
7Worcestershire England78
8Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland73
9Stirling Scotland54
10Orkney Islands Scotland39
11Aberdeenshire Scotland37
12Gwynedd Wales36
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland32
14Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland29
15South Ayrshire Scotland23
564 England2,373 Scotland167 Wales45 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 45 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,325
Peak month
June
Counties with records
45
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Pinguicula vulgaris
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
14,443
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lentibulariaceae
Genus
Pinguicula
Name with authority
Pinguicula vulgaris L.
Contributing datasets
40

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161658 · GBIF 5415065