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Hoary Plantain

Plantago media

2,534Records since 2000
JunePeak month
87Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan11
Feb25
Mar72
Apr232
May337
Jun612
Jul541
Aug304
Sep152
Oct64
Nov26
Dec11

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England101
2Oxfordshire England98
3Worcestershire England97
4Gloucestershire England86
5Suffolk England76
6Dorset England69
7North Yorkshire England52
8Lincolnshire England44
9Herefordshire, County of England44
10Essex England40
11Rutland England40
12Norfolk England32
13Somerset England27
14Cumbria England24
15West Berkshire England23
2,111 England40 Scotland10 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 87 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,534
Peak month
June
Counties with records
87
Scientific name
Plantago media
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
11,163
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Plantaginaceae
Genus
Plantago
Name with authority
Plantago media L.
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q157272 · GBIF 3189747