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Common Scurvygrass

Cochlearia officinalis

958Records since 2000
MayPeak month
55Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan11
Feb19
Mar58
Apr171
May215
Jun152
Jul135
Aug69
Sep31
Oct9
Nov20
Dec14

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland123
2Argyll and Bute Scotland94
3Orkney Islands Scotland47
4Cumbria England41
5Cornwall England38
6Fife Scotland36
7East Lothian Scotland30
8Dumfries and Galloway Scotland23
9Angus Scotland22
10Aberdeenshire Scotland18
11Ards and North Down Northern Ireland16
12Gwynedd Wales15
13North Yorkshire England14
14Pembrokeshire Wales14
15North Tyneside England14
263 England526 Scotland50 Wales13 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
958
Peak month
May
Counties with records
55
Scientific name
Cochlearia officinalis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
8,987
Most recorded in
Highland, Argyll and Bute
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Brassicales
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Cochlearia
Name with authority
Cochlearia officinalis L.
Contributing datasets
32

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q160191 · GBIF 5373276