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Himalayan Honeysuckle

Leycesteria formosa

10,314Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
124Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan120
Feb73
Mar96
Apr115
May270
Jun1,216
Jul2,335
Aug2,561
Sep1,909
Oct995
Nov394
Dec168

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England395
2Cornwall England373
3Kent England257
4Argyll and Bute Scotland215
5Cumbria England204
6Somerset England195
7Gloucestershire England179
8Dorset England174
9Highland Scotland172
10Lincolnshire England167
11Gwynedd Wales160
12Norfolk England151
13Monmouthshire Wales148
14Surrey England147
15Swansea Wales143
649 England130 Scotland649 Wales26 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 124 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
10,314
Peak month
August
Counties with records
124
Scientific name
Leycesteria formosa
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,020
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Dipsacales
Family
Caprifoliaceae
Genus
Leycesteria
Name with authority
Leycesteria formosa Wall.
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q252391 · GBIF 2888579