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Cowslip

Primula veris

16,087Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
124Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan27
Feb82
Mar784
Apr7,175
May4,968
Jun1,074
Jul554
Aug272
Sep155
Oct51
Nov30
Dec25

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England938
2Oxfordshire England482
3Cambridgeshire England440
4Suffolk England356
5North Yorkshire England352
6Sefton England329
7Gloucestershire England322
8Essex England296
9Surrey England246
10Herefordshire, County of England223
11Norfolk England217
12Kent England192
13Cumbria England191
14York England155
15Somerset England145
9,861 England338 Scotland222 Wales18 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 124 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
16,087
Peak month
April
Counties with records
124
Scientific name
Primula veris
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
26,327
Conservation designations
Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Primulaceae
Genus
Primula
Name with authority
Primula veris L.
Contributing datasets
50

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8377689