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Goat's-rue

Galega officinalis

2,010Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
57Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb4
Mar15
Apr48
May100
Jun526
Jul792
Aug264
Sep167
Oct57
Nov20
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Essex England150
2Surrey England128
3Sheffield England88
4Kent England69
5Thurrock England47
6Oxfordshire England44
7Rotherham England38
8Southend-on-Sea England38
9Cambridgeshire England36
10Nottinghamshire England25
11Worcestershire England19
12Isle of Wight England19
13Sefton England15
14Northamptonshire England14
15Medway England14
1,056 England3 Scotland13 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 57 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,010
Peak month
July
Counties with records
57
Scientific name
Galega officinalis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,087
Most recorded in
Essex, Surrey, Sheffield, Kent
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Galega
Name with authority
Galega officinalis L.
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q157287 · GBIF 2975667