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Garden rhubarb

Rheum rhabarbarum

208Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr21
May59
Jun33
Jul63
Aug4
Sep16
Oct8
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland100
2Shetland Islands —36
3Oxfordshire England14
4West Berkshire England9
5Cumbria England2
6Worcestershire England1
7Gloucestershire England1
8Sefton England1
9Argyll and Bute Scotland1
10Northamptonshire England1
11East Lothian Scotland1
12Fife Scotland1
13Isle of Anglesey Wales1
14Orkney Islands Scotland1
15North Tyneside England1
60 England146 Scotland1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
208
Peak month
July
Counties with records
20
Scientific name
Rheum rhabarbarum
Group
Flowering plants
Most recorded in
Highland
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Polygonaceae
Genus
Rheum
Name with authority
Rheum rhabarbarum L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q7535 · GBIF 2888867