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Gypsywort

Lycopus europaeus

6,492Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
105Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb4
Mar13
Apr157
May524
Jun793
Jul1,401
Aug1,765
Sep758
Oct297
Nov95
Dec16

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England628
2Worcestershire England484
3Suffolk England257
4Sefton England244
5Cambridgeshire England201
6Essex England104
7Oxfordshire England103
8Surrey England101
9Doncaster England79
10Devon England70
11Kent England66
12Telford and Wrekin England62
13York England60
14Powys Wales59
15Cheshire East England52
5,064 England171 Scotland242 Wales43 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 105 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,492
Peak month
August
Counties with records
105
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Lycopus europaeus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
20,238
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Lycopus
Name with authority
Lycopus europaeus L.
Contributing datasets
43

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158390 · GBIF 5341478