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Grass-of-Parnassus

Parnassia palustris

1,589Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
36Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb1
Mar1
Apr2
May13
Jun71
Jul326
Aug639
Sep433
Oct48
Nov3
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland272
2Highland Scotland222
3Cumbria England147
4Sefton England70
5North Yorkshire England68
6East Lothian Scotland62
7Perth and Kinross Scotland46
8Orkney Islands Scotland43
9Isle of Anglesey Wales41
10Norfolk England35
11North Ayrshire Scotland33
12South Ayrshire Scotland24
13Aberdeenshire Scotland22
14Fife Scotland19
15Stirling Scotland17
517 England578 Scotland24 Wales23 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 36 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,589
Peak month
August
Counties with records
36
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Parnassia palustris
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,272
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Celastrales
Family
Parnassiaceae
Genus
Parnassia
Name with authority
Parnassia palustris L.
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161633 · GBIF 3032585