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Fireweed

Chamaenerion angustifolium

17,268Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
125Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan78
Feb113
Mar166
Apr1,211
May1,478
Jun2,454
Jul3,892
Aug3,015
Sep1,551
Oct540
Nov250
Dec78

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England2,096
2Highland Scotland892
3Sefton England696
4Argyll and Bute Scotland453
5Sheffield England392
6Fife Scotland296
7City of Edinburgh Scotland271
8Cumbria England260
9Essex England254
10Powys Wales246
11North Yorkshire England229
12East Lothian Scotland206
13Telford and Wrekin England205
14Liverpool England190
15North Ayrshire Scotland180
11,778 England3,242 Scotland647 Wales127 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 125 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
17,268
Peak month
July
Counties with records
125
Scientific name
Chamaenerion angustifolium
Also known as
Rosebay Willowherb
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
62,782
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Myrtales
Family
Onagraceae
Genus
Chamaenerion
Name with authority
Chamaenerion angustifolium (L.) Scop.
Contributing datasets
66

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 6428353