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Heath Milkwort

Polygala serpyllifolia

3,336Records since 2000
JunePeak month
64Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb1
Mar13
Apr54
May478
Jun1,066
Jul582
Aug279
Sep205
Oct64
Nov9
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,238
2Worcestershire England294
3Argyll and Bute Scotland235
4Devon England121
5Powys Wales112
6Ceredigion Wales86
7Pembrokeshire Wales80
8Perth and Kinross Scotland69
9Cornwall England66
10Cumbria England63
11Carmarthenshire Wales58
12North Ayrshire Scotland56
13North Yorkshire England44
14Gwynedd Wales39
15Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland38
943 England1,787 Scotland442 Wales41 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 64 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,336
Peak month
June
Counties with records
64
Scientific name
Polygala serpyllifolia
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
19,845
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Polygalaceae
Genus
Polygala
Name with authority
Polygala serpyllifolia Hosé
Contributing datasets
38

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q162400 · GBIF 3191414