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Hound's-tongue

Cynoglossum officinale

1,679Records since 2000
MayPeak month
43Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb0
Mar6
Apr49
May492
Jun467
Jul184
Aug99
Sep55
Oct267
Nov21
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales235
2Sefton England197
3Suffolk England155
4Cambridgeshire England73
5Essex England62
6Norfolk England51
7Worcestershire England33
8Lincolnshire England31
9Cumbria England25
10Kent England21
11East Lothian Scotland21
12Isle of Wight England21
13Northamptonshire England19
14Dorset England16
15Oxfordshire England15
1,199 England23 Scotland262 Wales13 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 43 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,679
Peak month
May
Counties with records
43
Scientific name
Cynoglossum officinale
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,574
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Boraginales
Family
Boraginaceae
Genus
Cynoglossum
Name with authority
Cynoglossum officinale L.
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q381584 · GBIF 2925815