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Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale

3,371Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
102Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan50
Feb95
Mar242
Apr1,435
May417
Jun105
Jul108
Aug195
Sep189
Oct268
Nov183
Dec84

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England530
2Essex England143
3Halton England143
4Cornwall England137
5Liverpool England129
6York England112
7Wolverhampton England94
8Dorset England60
9St. Helens England46
10Dudley England45
11Sandwell England44
12Cheshire East England43
13Warrington England39
14North Yorkshire England36
15Isle of Anglesey Wales32
3,130 England104 Scotland105 Wales22 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 102 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,371
Peak month
April
Counties with records
102
Scientific name
Taraxacum officinale
Group
Flowering plants
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Taraxacum
Name with authority
Taraxacum officinale Weber ex F.H.Wigg.
Contributing datasets
4

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q131219 · GBIF 5394163