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Flowering-rush

Butomus umbellatus

1,341Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
75Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr8
May14
Jun311
Jul452
Aug366
Sep62
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England158
2Monmouthshire Wales85
3Norfolk England71
4Cambridgeshire England57
5Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland49
6Devon England32
7Powys Wales30
8Somerset England28
9Liverpool England27
10Suffolk England25
11Surrey England23
12Scottish Borders Scotland21
13Essex England16
14Gloucestershire England15
15Northamptonshire England15
833 England44 Scotland149 Wales75 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 75 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,341
Peak month
July
Counties with records
75
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Butomus umbellatus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,036
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Butomaceae
Genus
Butomus
Name with authority
Butomus umbellatus L.
Contributing datasets
35

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q18461 · GBIF 2864467