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Common Figwort

Scrophularia nodosa

5,026Records since 2000
MayPeak month
115Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb16
Mar45
Apr567
May978
Jun845
Jul688
Aug487
Sep269
Oct158
Nov74
Dec16

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England803
2Argyll and Bute Scotland280
3Herefordshire, County of England147
4Surrey England104
5Highland Scotland94
6Essex England88
7Devon England81
8North Yorkshire England80
9Sefton England66
10Norfolk England60
11Kent England58
12Sheffield England57
13Suffolk England56
14Cumbria England55
15Telford and Wrekin England50
3,430 England575 Scotland147 Wales57 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
5,026
Peak month
May
Counties with records
115
Scientific name
Scrophularia nodosa
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
31,962
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Scrophulariaceae
Genus
Scrophularia
Name with authority
Scrophularia nodosa L.
Contributing datasets
51

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159115 · GBIF 3170886