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Goldilocks Buttercup

Ranunculus auricomus

1,446Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
57Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb9
Mar51
Apr640
May416
Jun53
Jul12
Aug3
Sep3
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England277
2Herefordshire, County of England50
3Oxfordshire England45
4Cumbria England42
5North Yorkshire England41
6Rutland England29
7Suffolk England25
8Northamptonshire England22
9Norfolk England21
10Surrey England16
11Cambridgeshire England14
12Essex England14
13Powys Wales14
14Perth and Kinross Scotland13
15Kent England11
1,350 England38 Scotland33 Wales3 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
1,446
Peak month
April
Counties with records
57
Scientific name
Ranunculus auricomus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
8,617
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ranunculales
Family
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Ranunculus
Name with authority
Ranunculus auricomus L.
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1151656 · GBIF 9100915