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Grass Vetchling

Lathyrus nissolia

1,808Records since 2000
JunePeak month
68Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr3
May383
Jun1,193
Jul108
Aug37
Sep17
Oct20
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Essex England137
2Cambridgeshire England61
3Kent England57
4Suffolk England48
5Surrey England46
6Northamptonshire England42
7Portsmouth England42
8Somerset England41
9Oxfordshire England34
10Dorset England22
11Gloucestershire England21
12Telford and Wrekin England21
13Herefordshire, County of England18
14Doncaster England17
15Halton England17
1,405 England8 Scotland23 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 68 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,808
Peak month
June
Counties with records
68
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Lathyrus nissolia
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,917
Most recorded in
Essex, Cambridgeshire, Kent
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Lathyrus
Name with authority
Lathyrus nissolia L.
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159362 · GBIF 5356542