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Dame's-violet

Hesperis matronalis

1,377Records since 2000
JunePeak month
95Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb7
Mar8
Apr54
May460
Jun475
Jul112
Aug59
Sep51
Oct22
Nov14
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England81
2Highland Scotland65
3Norfolk England45
4North Yorkshire England45
5Cumbria England38
6Stockport England32
7City of Edinburgh Scotland28
8Suffolk England25
9Sefton England25
10North Ayrshire Scotland20
11Perth and Kinross Scotland18
12Surrey England17
13Herefordshire, County of England16
14North Tyneside England16
15Argyll and Bute Scotland14
861 England231 Scotland15 Wales15 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 95 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,377
Peak month
June
Counties with records
95
Scientific name
Hesperis matronalis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
7,824
Most recorded in
Worcestershire, Highland
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Brassicales
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Hesperis
Name with authority
Hesperis matronalis L.
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1857886 · GBIF 3042291