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Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil

Lotus pedunculatus

8,081Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
115Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb3
Mar4
Apr100
May536
Jun1,590
Jul2,061
Aug1,387
Sep543
Oct91
Nov16
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England1,559
2Pembrokeshire Wales653
3Powys Wales304
4Herefordshire, County of England253
5Norfolk England221
6Ceredigion Wales169
7Argyll and Bute Scotland159
8Cornwall England151
9Cumbria England138
10Sheffield England130
11North Yorkshire England112
12Devon England111
13Gwynedd Wales101
14Isle of Anglesey Wales93
15Suffolk England80
5,503 England727 Scotland1,627 Wales68 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 115 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
8,081
Peak month
July
Counties with records
115
Scientific name
Lotus pedunculatus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
39,496
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Lotus
Name with authority
Lotus pedunculatus Cav.
Contributing datasets
52

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158164 · GBIF 5356854