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Deadly Nightshade

Atropa belladonna

633Records since 2000
JunePeak month
35Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar5
Apr50
May109
Jun164
Jul108
Aug106
Sep35
Oct25
Nov4
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1York England34
2Rutland England32
3Oxfordshire England29
4Worcestershire England26
5Kent England23
6Cambridgeshire England17
7Surrey England17
8Gloucestershire England17
9Kingston upon Hull, City of England17
10Brighton and Hove England12
11Northamptonshire England10
12North Yorkshire England9
13Nottingham England8
14Norfolk England7
15Suffolk England7
587 England9 Scotland5 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 35 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
633
Peak month
June
Counties with records
35
Scientific name
Atropa belladonna
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,745
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Solanales
Family
Solanaceae
Genus
Atropa
Name with authority
Atropa belladonna L.
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q156091 · GBIF 3802655