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Devil's-bit Scabious

Succisa pratensis

11,742Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
110Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan18
Feb22
Mar74
Apr148
May533
Jun1,669
Jul1,660
Aug3,481
Sep2,498
Oct500
Nov62
Dec13

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland2,124
2Argyll and Bute Scotland969
3Worcestershire England767
4Pembrokeshire Wales536
5North Yorkshire England298
6Cumbria England295
7Gwynedd Wales254
8Powys Wales233
9Perth and Kinross Scotland188
10South Ayrshire Scotland173
11Cornwall England161
12Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland159
13Ceredigion Wales156
14Aberdeenshire Scotland152
15Devon England128
3,831 England3,974 Scotland1,505 Wales171 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 110 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
11,742
Peak month
August
Counties with records
110
Scientific name
Succisa pratensis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
37,259
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Dipsacales
Family
Caprifoliaceae
Genus
Succisa
Name with authority
Succisa pratensis Moench
Contributing datasets
53

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161697 · GBIF 2888811