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Fool's Water-cress

Helosciadium nodiflorum

4,038Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
87Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan36
Feb26
Mar81
Apr189
May362
Jun686
Jul706
Aug777
Sep298
Oct107
Nov37
Dec24

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England563
2Norfolk England208
3Suffolk England173
4Herefordshire, County of England168
5Nottinghamshire England114
6Pembrokeshire Wales107
7Powys Wales81
8Doncaster England76
9Devon England74
10Cambridgeshire England71
11North Yorkshire England69
12Swansea Wales68
13Essex England59
14Oxfordshire England58
15Lincolnshire England56
3,198 England28 Scotland667 Wales115 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 87 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,038
Peak month
August
Counties with records
87
Scientific name
Helosciadium nodiflorum
Also known as
Fool's-water-cress
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,700
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Apiales
Family
Apiaceae
Genus
Helosciadium
Name with authority
Helosciadium nodiflorum (L.) W.D.J.Koch
Contributing datasets
45

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q42962130 · GBIF 3631293