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Corn Spurrey

Spergula arvensis

1,139Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
82Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb3
Mar13
Apr23
May91
Jun201
Jul257
Aug145
Sep109
Oct50
Nov27
Dec14

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England166
2Norfolk England66
3Highland Scotland65
4Argyll and Bute Scotland58
5Suffolk England48
6Cornwall England44
7Devon England25
8Sefton England21
9Orkney Islands Scotland21
10Halton England18
11North Ayrshire Scotland17
12Surrey England16
13Powys Wales15
14North Yorkshire England14
15Cumbria England14
739 England217 Scotland65 Wales18 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 82 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,139
Peak month
July
Counties with records
82
Scientific name
Spergula arvensis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
12,618
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Genus
Spergula
Name with authority
Spergula arvensis L.
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q162826 · GBIF 3085810