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Greater Spearwort

Ranunculus lingua

903Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
70Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar5
Apr25
May65
Jun207
Jul270
Aug149
Sep41
Oct8
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England212
2Worcestershire England87
3Sefton England31
4Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland29
5Glasgow City Scotland20
6Powys Wales19
7Isle of Anglesey Wales16
8Cambridgeshire England15
9City of Edinburgh Scotland13
10Liverpool England13
11Rotherham England12
12Stockport England12
13North Yorkshire England10
14Cumbria England10
15East Riding of Yorkshire England9
682 England62 Scotland57 Wales34 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 70 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
903
Peak month
July
Counties with records
70
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Ranunculus lingua
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,659
Most recorded in
Norfolk, Worcestershire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ranunculales
Family
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Ranunculus
Name with authority
Ranunculus lingua L.
Contributing datasets
37

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q229961 · GBIF 8310009