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Common flax

Linum usitatissimum

409Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
55Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb1
Mar4
Apr4
May41
Jun58
Jul73
Aug101
Sep65
Oct27
Nov9
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England18
2Worcestershire England17
3Cambridgeshire England10
4Norfolk England9
5St. Helens England8
6Oxfordshire England7
7Gloucestershire England7
8Moray Scotland7
9Kent England6
10Rutland England5
11Portsmouth England5
12Suffolk England4
13Somerset England4
14Argyll and Bute Scotland4
15Glasgow City Scotland4
366 England24 Scotland12 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 55 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
409
Peak month
August
Counties with records
55
Scientific name
Linum usitatissimum
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,495
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Linaceae
Genus
Linum
Name with authority
Linum usitatissimum L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q45108 · GBIF 2873861