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Hairy Violet

Viola hirta

1,506Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
41Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb3
Mar96
Apr234
May156
Jun271
Jul293
Aug223
Sep63
Oct21
Nov2
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England134
2Oxfordshire England45
3North Yorkshire England44
4Gloucestershire England43
5Devon England35
6Rutland England27
7Cumbria England21
8Cambridgeshire England20
9Herefordshire, County of England18
10Surrey England16
11Kent England14
12Pembrokeshire Wales11
13Dorset England10
14East Lothian Scotland9
15Doncaster England7
1,421 England12 Scotland21 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 41 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,506
Peak month
July
Counties with records
41
Scientific name
Viola hirta
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,893
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Violaceae
Genus
Viola
Name with authority
Viola hirta L.
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q74003 · GBIF 5664290