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Japanese Sweet Coltsfoot

Petasites japonicus

567Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
50Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb78
Mar214
Apr45
May79
Jun64
Jul37
Aug22
Sep13
Oct4
Nov0
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1City of Edinburgh Scotland49
2North Yorkshire England35
3Powys Wales24
4Cumbria England19
5Norfolk England16
6Cornwall England14
7Dumfries and Galloway Scotland14
8Herefordshire, County of England14
9Oxfordshire England12
10Surrey England12
11Kent England11
12Highland Scotland11
13Leeds England11
14Stirling Scotland11
15Somerset England9
59 England21 Scotland42 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 50 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
567
Peak month
March
Counties with records
50
Scientific name
Petasites japonicus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
580
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Petasites
Name with authority
Petasites japonicus (Siebold & Zucc.) Maxim.
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1204762 · GBIF 3088310