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Fritillary

Fritillaria meleagris

2,254Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
101Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb3
Mar497
Apr1,588
May105
Jun21
Jul8
Aug4
Sep3
Oct4
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England75
2Kent England68
3Cornwall England49
4Devon England46
5Cambridgeshire England38
6North Yorkshire England38
7Cumbria England37
8Suffolk England36
9Dorset England27
10Essex England26
11Surrey England25
12Worcestershire England25
13Gloucestershire England25
14City of Edinburgh Scotland23
15Norfolk England22
659 England41 Scotland13 Wales8 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 101 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,254
Peak month
April
Counties with records
101
Scientific name
Fritillaria meleagris
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,367
Most recorded in
Oxfordshire, Kent
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Liliales
Family
Liliaceae
Genus
Fritillaria
Name with authority
Fritillaria meleagris L.
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q157339 · GBIF 5300535