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Common Gromwell

Lithospermum officinale

856Records since 2000
MayPeak month
41Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb2
Mar6
Apr48
May279
Jun220
Jul88
Aug54
Sep46
Oct49
Nov11
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England66
2Cambridgeshire England62
3Cumbria England36
4Kent England35
5Gloucestershire England27
6Rutland England27
7Oxfordshire England26
8North Yorkshire England25
9Bristol, City of England22
10Sefton England19
11Essex England18
12Dorset England17
13Norfolk England16
14Northamptonshire England16
15Surrey England15
623 England1 Scotland20 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 41 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
856
Peak month
May
Counties with records
41
Scientific name
Lithospermum officinale
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,607
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Boraginales
Family
Boraginaceae
Genus
Lithospermum
Name with authority
Lithospermum officinale L.
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q515267 · GBIF 2926086