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Dotted Loosestrife

Lysimachia punctata

4,769Records since 2000
JunePeak month
118Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr44
May606
Jun2,142
Jul1,403
Aug350
Sep80
Oct40
Nov9
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cumbria England109
2Worcestershire England104
3Devon England94
4Kent England86
5Surrey England86
6Essex England80
7Highland Scotland79
8North Yorkshire England78
9Sefton England73
10Norfolk England71
11Cheshire East England66
12Gloucestershire England62
13Somerset England61
14Cambridgeshire England58
15Lincolnshire England57
1,045 England221 Scotland49 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 118 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,769
Peak month
June
Counties with records
118
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Lysimachia punctata
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
8,434
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Primulaceae
Genus
Lysimachia
Name with authority
Lysimachia punctata L.
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158115 · GBIF 3169340