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Chenopodium album

4,271Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
106Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan12
Feb6
Mar4
Apr43
May188
Jun527
Jul861
Aug930
Sep558
Oct225
Nov44
Dec15

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England715
2Suffolk England180
3Norfolk England141
4Essex England128
5Sefton England112
6Cambridgeshire England105
7Portsmouth England95
8Telford and Wrekin England81
9Oxfordshire England80
10Herefordshire, County of England62
11Kent England52
12North Yorkshire England50
13Halton England50
14North Tyneside England41
15Surrey England39
3,828 England125 Scotland57 Wales5 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 106 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,271
Peak month
August
Counties with records
106
Scientific name
Chenopodium album
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
34,109
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Amaranthaceae
Genus
Chenopodium
Name with authority
Chenopodium album L.
Contributing datasets
35

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158610 · GBIF 3083838