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Greater Burrdock

Arctium lappa

1,815Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
62Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan24
Feb34
Mar42
Apr111
May182
Jun269
Jul423
Aug370
Sep125
Oct73
Nov38
Dec34

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England121
2Suffolk England92
3Herefordshire, County of England72
4Cambridgeshire England68
5Worcestershire England64
6Essex England58
7Norfolk England42
8Kent England42
9Surrey England39
10Gloucestershire England28
11Dorset England26
12North Yorkshire England24
13Northamptonshire England24
14West Berkshire England21
15Somerset England13
1,573 England12 Scotland12 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 62 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,815
Peak month
July
Counties with records
62
Scientific name
Arctium lappa
Also known as
Greater Burdock
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
10,215
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Arctium
Name with authority
Arctium lappa L.
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 7353729