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Goldenrod

Solidago virgaurea

2,030Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
67Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb2
Mar12
Apr11
May112
Jun239
Jul465
Aug607
Sep376
Oct55
Nov11
Dec5

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland499
2Argyll and Bute Scotland208
3Cumbria England87
4Perth and Kinross Scotland86
5Worcestershire England84
6Gwynedd Wales72
7Kent England66
8Sheffield England65
9Cornwall England47
10Devon England45
11Stirling Scotland33
12Powys Wales31
13North Yorkshire England29
14Pembrokeshire Wales26
15Dumfries and Galloway Scotland25
724 England968 Scotland186 Wales7 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 67 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,030
Peak month
August
Counties with records
67
Scientific name
Solidago virgaurea
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
13,797
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Solidago
Name with authority
Solidago virgaurea L.
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q599435 · GBIF 6446462