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Greater Knapweed

Centaurea scabiosa

3,533Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
87Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb2
Mar7
Apr65
May233
Jun926
Jul1,293
Aug530
Sep265
Oct80
Nov16
Dec9

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England247
2Cambridgeshire England176
3Gloucestershire England111
4Kent England87
5West Berkshire England85
6Norfolk England83
7Worcestershire England72
8Brighton and Hove England70
9Portsmouth England61
10Rutland England58
11Suffolk England55
12Dorset England52
13North Yorkshire England51
14Devon England38
15Surrey England34
2,456 England52 Scotland58 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 87 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,533
Peak month
July
Counties with records
87
Scientific name
Centaurea scabiosa
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
9,998
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Centaurea
Name with authority
Centaurea scabiosa L.
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8087525