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Enchanter's nightshade, Witch's grass

Circaea lutetiana

12,056Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
120Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb4
Mar55
Apr622
May1,435
Jun2,083
Jul3,806
Aug1,921
Sep619
Oct142
Nov26
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England1,314
2Devon England323
3Cumbria England282
4Herefordshire, County of England280
5North Yorkshire England260
6Sheffield England235
7Surrey England232
8Cornwall England231
9Sefton England224
10Essex England210
11Kent England186
12Gloucestershire England161
13Somerset England159
14Powys Wales152
15Argyll and Bute Scotland151
7,393 England572 Scotland451 Wales107 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 120 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
12,056
Peak month
July
Counties with records
120
Scientific name
Circaea lutetiana
Also known as
Enchanter's-nightshade
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
35,463
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Myrtales
Family
Onagraceae
Genus
Circaea
Name with authority
Circaea lutetiana L.
Contributing datasets
50

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q163955 · GBIF 3188794