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Golden Samphire

Limbarda crithmoides

858Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb4
Mar4
Apr8
May22
Jun112
Jul300
Aug165
Sep96
Oct51
Nov41
Dec10

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England165
2Portsmouth England159
3Essex England136
4Dorset England49
5Isle of Anglesey Wales44
6Kent England34
7Gwynedd Wales30
8Swansea Wales26
9Suffolk England16
10Isle of Wight England15
11Southend-on-Sea England14
12Devon England10
13Pembrokeshire Wales8
14Dumfries and Galloway Scotland6
15Thurrock England5
633 England6 Scotland90 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
858
Peak month
July
Counties with records
20
Scientific name
Limbarda crithmoides
Also known as
Golden-samphire
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,184
Most recorded in
Cornwall, Portsmouth, Essex
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Limbarda
Name with authority
Limbarda crithmoides (L.) Dumort
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q918579 · GBIF 3088761