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Dyer's Greenweed

Genista tinctoria

944Records since 2000
JunePeak month
39Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar3
Apr17
May96
Jun442
Jul205
Aug54
Sep35
Oct13
Nov3
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England106
2Worcestershire England70
3Powys Wales33
4Herefordshire, County of England32
5Cumbria England29
6Isle of Wight England19
7Dorset England15
8Kent England14
9Gloucestershire England12
10Dumfries and Galloway Scotland12
11Telford and Wrekin England12
12North Yorkshire England11
13Leeds England10
14Portsmouth England9
15Norfolk England8
746 England10 Scotland45 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 39 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
944
Peak month
June
Counties with records
39
Scientific name
Genista tinctoria
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,592
Most recorded in
Cornwall, Worcestershire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Genista
Name with authority
Genista tinctoria L.
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q162777 · GBIF 5347612