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Flossflower

Ageratum houstonianum

480Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
71Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar3
Apr1
May7
Jun36
Jul107
Aug158
Sep113
Oct52
Nov3
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England38
2Cumbria England25
3Norfolk England18
4Devon England13
5Kent England11
6Isle of Anglesey Wales10
7Oxfordshire England9
8Dorset England8
9Leeds England8
10Doncaster England7
11Sheffield England7
12Surrey England6
13Northamptonshire England6
14Essex England5
15Somerset England5

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 71 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
480
Peak month
August
Counties with records
71
Scientific name
Ageratum houstonianum
Group
Flowering plants
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Ageratum
Name with authority
Ageratum houstonianum Mill.
Contributing datasets
2

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q280807 · GBIF 5401760