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Great Willowherb

Epilobium hirsutum

24,020Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
125Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan58
Feb78
Mar222
Apr964
May1,612
Jun2,652
Jul7,380
Aug6,192
Sep1,791
Oct434
Nov108
Dec52

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England2,012
2Sefton England887
3Suffolk England805
4Essex England586
5Norfolk England577
6Cambridgeshire England536
7Oxfordshire England530
8North Yorkshire England453
9Herefordshire, County of England346
10Kent England295
11Sheffield England295
12Doncaster England278
13Liverpool England273
14Telford and Wrekin England263
15Devon England261
16,568 England809 Scotland564 Wales166 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 125 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
24,020
Peak month
July
Counties with records
125
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Epilobium hirsutum
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
60,846
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Myrtales
Family
Onagraceae
Genus
Epilobium
Name with authority
Epilobium hirsutum L.
Contributing datasets
64

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161366 · GBIF 3189172