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Greater Celandine

Chelidonium majus

6,651Records since 2000
MayPeak month
111Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan82
Feb141
Mar287
Apr1,337
May2,200
Jun718
Jul412
Aug298
Sep329
Oct216
Nov121
Dec84

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England463
2Surrey England283
3Norfolk England259
4Suffolk England179
5Cambridgeshire England163
6Oxfordshire England161
7Kent England132
8Essex England121
9Sefton England113
10Gloucestershire England101
11Herefordshire, County of England75
12Telford and Wrekin England74
13Devon England73
14York England72
15Somerset England70
3,484 England21 Scotland52 Wales24 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 111 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,651
Peak month
May
Counties with records
111
Scientific name
Chelidonium majus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
15,482
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ranunculales
Family
Papaveraceae
Genus
Chelidonium
Name with authority
Chelidonium majus L.
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q156807 · GBIF 5334186