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Crested Cow-wheat

Melampyrum cristatum

127Records since 2000
JunePeak month
7Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May13
Jun81
Jul26
Aug7
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England17
2Norfolk England9
3Suffolk England8
4Essex England8
5Bedford England7
6Peterborough England1
7Luton England1
118 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 7 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
127
Peak month
June
Counties with records
7
Scientific name
Melampyrum cristatum
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
157
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Orobanchaceae
Genus
Melampyrum
Name with authority
Melampyrum cristatum L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q39575 · GBIF 3725765