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Sherardia arvensis

2,508Records since 2000
MayPeak month
81Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan13
Feb14
Mar40
Apr305
May690
Jun453
Jul303
Aug237
Sep137
Oct76
Nov42
Dec16

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England155
2Sefton England90
3Suffolk England81
4Cornwall England78
5Devon England76
6Oxfordshire England71
7Norfolk England68
8Portsmouth England68
9Kent England60
10Essex England49
11Somerset England44
12Cambridgeshire England42
13Surrey England37
14Gloucestershire England33
15Rutland England33
2,024 England42 Scotland51 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 81 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,508
Peak month
May
Counties with records
81
Scientific name
Sherardia arvensis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
12,397
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Sherardia
Name with authority
Sherardia arvensis L.
Contributing datasets
35

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158352 · GBIF 5339050