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Early Dog-violet

Viola reichenbachiana

2,094Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
85Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb20
Mar561
Apr809
May219
Jun94
Jul54
Aug51
Sep40
Oct17
Nov6
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England239
2Herefordshire, County of England73
3Oxfordshire England43
4Suffolk England42
5Surrey England40
6Cumbria England40
7North Yorkshire England31
8Essex England30
9Powys Wales27
10Sheffield England27
11Devon England26
12Cambridgeshire England23
13Norfolk England23
14Gloucestershire England23
15Rutland England20
1,753 England5 Scotland92 Wales18 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 85 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,094
Peak month
April
Counties with records
85
Scientific name
Viola reichenbachiana
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
11,593
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Violaceae
Genus
Viola
Name with authority
Viola reichenbachiana Jord. ex Boreau
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q594058 · GBIF 5663962