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Dark Mullein

Verbascum nigrum

1,229Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
70Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb3
Mar0
Apr6
May13
Jun285
Jul522
Aug240
Sep94
Oct35
Nov10
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England79
2Suffolk England78
3Norfolk England74
4Gloucestershire England47
5Cambridgeshire England37
6Surrey England36
7Peterborough England23
8Cornwall England22
9North Yorkshire England22
10West Berkshire England20
11Kent England15
12Essex England14
13Leeds England13
14Devon England10
15Lincolnshire England9
524 England15 Scotland3 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 70 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,229
Peak month
July
Counties with records
70
Scientific name
Verbascum nigrum
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,235
Most recorded in
Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Norfolk
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Scrophulariaceae
Genus
Verbascum
Name with authority
Verbascum nigrum L.
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q162040 · GBIF 3171945