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Flixweed

Descurainia sophia

165Records since 2000
JunePeak month
24Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar3
Apr8
May20
Jun70
Jul39
Aug7
Sep7
Oct6
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England31
2Cambridgeshire England25
3Suffolk England24
4Highland Scotland10
5Sefton England9
6Northamptonshire England8
7North Yorkshire England3
8Derby England3
9Oxfordshire England2
10Worcestershire England2
11East Lothian Scotland2
12Fife Scotland2
13Carmarthenshire Wales2
14York England2
15Nottingham England2
140 England15 Scotland1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 24 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
165
Peak month
June
Counties with records
24
Scientific name
Descurainia sophia
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,582
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Brassicales
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Descurainia
Name with authority
Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q164143 · GBIF 3044318