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Field Scabious

Knautia arvensis

4,209Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
109Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb3
Mar5
Apr60
May154
Jun669
Jul1,569
Aug883
Sep434
Oct150
Nov56
Dec16

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England228
2Norfolk England168
3Cambridgeshire England162
4Worcestershire England162
5Suffolk England126
6North Yorkshire England92
7Essex England91
8Gloucestershire England80
9Halton England72
10Rutland England68
11West Berkshire England64
12Sheffield England64
13Kent England54
14Sefton England51
15Surrey England44
3,519 England175 Scotland56 Wales26 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 109 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,209
Peak month
July
Counties with records
109
Scientific name
Knautia arvensis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
16,431
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Dipsacales
Family
Caprifoliaceae
Genus
Knautia
Name with authority
Knautia arvensis (L.) Coult.
Contributing datasets
37

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q27648 · GBIF 2888808