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Green-Winged Orchid

Anacamptis morio

1,657Records since 2000
MayPeak month
45Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar3
Apr468
May1,029
Jun64
Jul12
Aug1
Sep1
Oct1
Nov2
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England147
2Worcestershire England74
3Pembrokeshire Wales71
4Bristol, City of England66
5Kent England55
6Oxfordshire England48
7Dorset England46
8Essex England41
9Gloucestershire England41
10Herefordshire, County of England39
11Sandwell England39
12Cambridgeshire England31
13Rutland England26
14Portsmouth England26
15Somerset England25
1,188 England1 Scotland120 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 45 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,657
Peak month
May
Counties with records
45
Scientific name
Anacamptis morio
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,930
Conservation designations
Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Anacamptis
Name with authority
Anacamptis morio (L.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161153 · GBIF 2808565