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Common Water-crowfoot

Ranunculus aquatilis

555Records since 2000
MayPeak month
44Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan11
Feb10
Mar2
Apr36
May147
Jun108
Jul57
Aug47
Sep23
Oct11
Nov4
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England94
2Powys Wales42
3Suffolk England34
4Norfolk England17
5Cambridgeshire England14
6North Lincolnshire England14
7Nottinghamshire England13
8Herefordshire, County of England13
9Doncaster England12
10North Yorkshire England11
11Lincolnshire England7
12Carmarthenshire Wales7
13York England7
14Sefton England6
15Essex England5
462 England17 Scotland59 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 44 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
555
Peak month
May
Counties with records
44
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Ranunculus aquatilis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,876
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ranunculales
Family
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Ranunculus
Name with authority
Ranunculus aquatilis L.
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q162818 · GBIF 3033464