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Fool's Parsley

Aethusa cynapium

1,545Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
68Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan10
Feb3
Mar3
Apr31
May79
Jun200
Jul391
Aug344
Sep176
Oct48
Nov17
Dec5

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England184
2Oxfordshire England58
3Norfolk England49
4Cambridgeshire England38
5Gloucestershire England37
6Suffolk England36
7Kent England29
8Telford and Wrekin England29
9Essex England28
10Sefton England26
11Herefordshire, County of England25
12North Tyneside England24
13North Yorkshire England17
14Rutland England17
15Northamptonshire England17
1,316 England29 Scotland12 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 68 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,545
Peak month
July
Counties with records
68
Scientific name
Aethusa cynapium
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
13,180
Most recorded in
Worcestershire, Oxfordshire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Apiales
Family
Apiaceae
Genus
Aethusa
Name with authority
Aethusa cynapium L.
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q627429 · GBIF 5371825