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Hawkweed Oxtongue

Picris hieracioides

977Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
36Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan15
Feb9
Mar11
Apr25
May31
Jun81
Jul196
Aug212
Sep137
Oct95
Nov37
Dec20

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England108
2Portsmouth England84
3Kent England34
4Cambridgeshire England31
5Brighton and Hove England29
6Essex England26
7Suffolk England25
8Surrey England18
9Norfolk England17
10Oxfordshire England17
11Sheffield England11
12Cornwall England9
13Rotherham England9
14Medway England9
15Halton England7
928 England2 Scotland18 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 36 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
977
Peak month
August
Counties with records
36
Scientific name
Picris hieracioides
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,032
Most recorded in
Worcestershire, Portsmouth
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Picris
Name with authority
Picris hieracioides L.
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q151439 · GBIF 3093337