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Great globethistle

Echinops sphaerocephalus

108Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
40Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr3
May7
Jun29
Jul34
Aug17
Sep8
Oct4
Nov4
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England5
2Cambridgeshire England4
3Bradford England4
4Oxfordshire England3
5Somerset England3
6Bath and North East Somerset England3
7Herefordshire, County of England3
8Glasgow City Scotland3
9Aberdeen City Scotland3
10Norfolk England2
11Kent England2
12Surrey England2
13Essex England2
14Gloucestershire England2
15Fife Scotland2
9 England1 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 40 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
108
Peak month
July
Counties with records
40
Scientific name
Echinops sphaerocephalus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
88
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Echinops
Name with authority
Echinops sphaerocephalus L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q930849 · GBIF 5392883