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Floating Water-Plantain

Luronium natans

98Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
7Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun18
Jul17
Aug23
Sep15
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England24
2Gwynedd Wales24
3Powys Wales21
4Cumbria England20
5Ceredigion Wales4
6Pembrokeshire Wales1
7Bradford England1
47 England50 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 7 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
98
Peak month
August
Counties with records
7
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Luronium natans
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
396
Conservation designations
Bern Convention, Habitats Directive, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Habitats Regulations 2010
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Alismataceae
Genus
Luronium
Name with authority
Luronium natans (L.) Raf.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1470418 · GBIF 2864775