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Common Dog-violet

Viola riviniana

12,787Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
115Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan35
Feb41
Mar460
Apr3,016
May2,398
Jun1,549
Jul1,312
Aug908
Sep583
Oct161
Nov68
Dec24

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England1,918
2Highland Scotland1,136
3Argyll and Bute Scotland704
4North Yorkshire England407
5Perth and Kinross Scotland375
6Herefordshire, County of England337
7Devon England230
8Cornwall England224
9Powys Wales223
10Cumbria England208
11Sheffield England182
12Sefton England132
13South Ayrshire Scotland115
14Dumfries and Galloway Scotland114
15North Ayrshire Scotland100
8,159 England3,314 Scotland647 Wales120 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
12,787
Peak month
April
Counties with records
115
Scientific name
Viola riviniana
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
59,164
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Violaceae
Genus
Viola
Name with authority
Viola riviniana Rchb.
Contributing datasets
52

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q74174 · GBIF 7296321