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Frizzled Pincushion

Plenogemma phyllantha

11,282Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
115Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan654
Feb1,052
Mar1,685
Apr1,559
May1,092
Jun925
Jul1,047
Aug777
Sep656
Oct632
Nov552
Dec491

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland876
2Pembrokeshire Wales591
3Cornwall England556
4Carmarthenshire Wales456
5Devon England337
6Ceredigion Wales328
7North Yorkshire England295
8Argyll and Bute Scotland280
9Somerset England237
10Cumbria England235
11Swansea Wales209
12Norfolk England190
13Powys Wales167
14Cambridgeshire England161
15Cheshire East England148
5,700 England2,526 Scotland2,707 Wales340 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 115 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
11,282
Peak month
March
Counties with records
115
Scientific name
Plenogemma phyllantha
Group
Mosses
NBN Atlas records since 2000
11,960
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Bryophyta
Class
Bryopsida
Order
Orthotrichales
Family
Orthotrichaceae
Genus
Plenogemma
Name with authority
Plenogemma phyllantha (Brid.) Sawicki, Plášek & Ochyra
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 11014231