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Cow Parsley

Anthriscus sylvestris

29,713Records since 2000
MayPeak month
125Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan585
Feb987
Mar1,818
Apr6,375
May7,101
Jun3,851
Jul1,650
Aug1,530
Sep1,149
Oct735
Nov628
Dec448

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England2,589
2Sefton England1,635
3Essex England810
4Oxfordshire England765
5Liverpool England666
6Suffolk England579
7Sheffield England572
8North Yorkshire England563
9Halton England498
10Cambridgeshire England470
11Highland Scotland441
12Norfolk England422
13West Berkshire England356
14Herefordshire, County of England338
15Telford and Wrekin England326
25,947 England1,710 Scotland527 Wales116 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 125 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
29,713
Peak month
May
Counties with records
125
Scientific name
Anthriscus sylvestris
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
79,516
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Apiales
Family
Apiaceae
Genus
Anthriscus
Name with authority
Anthriscus sylvestris (L.) Hoffm.
Contributing datasets
55

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q683490 · GBIF 5371742