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Fragrant Orchid

Gymnadenia conopsea

938Records since 2000
JunePeak month
41Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar1
Apr5
May66
Jun532
Jul237
Aug41
Sep4
Oct0
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland50
2Kent England48
3Cumbria England34
4South Ayrshire Scotland32
5Powys Wales32
6Surrey England27
7Oxfordshire England25
8North Yorkshire England18
9Gloucestershire England16
10Argyll and Bute Scotland15
11Peterborough England14
12Worcestershire England9
13Perth and Kinross Scotland9
14Stirling Scotland8
15Cambridgeshire England7
668 England119 Scotland42 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 41 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
938
Peak month
June
Counties with records
41
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Gymnadenia conopsea
Also known as
Chalk Fragrant-orchid
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,950
Most recorded in
Highland
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – Wales
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Gymnadenia
Name with authority
Gymnadenia conopsea (L.) R.Br.
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q157442 · GBIF 7845022