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Kidney Vetch

Anthyllis vulneraria

5,335Records since 2000
JunePeak month
110Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan10
Feb6
Mar29
Apr281
May1,171
Jun2,102
Jul1,026
Aug398
Sep137
Oct45
Nov16
Dec7

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England509
2Sefton England231
3Pembrokeshire Wales194
4Argyll and Bute Scotland145
5Devon England142
6Highland Scotland126
7Cumbria England116
8Cambridgeshire England104
9Gwynedd Wales103
10North Yorkshire England91
11Norfolk England83
12Dorset England80
13North Ayrshire Scotland77
14Kent England72
15Isle of Anglesey Wales71
2,470 England753 Scotland341 Wales57 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 110 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,335
Peak month
June
Counties with records
110
Scientific name
Anthyllis vulneraria
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
10,650
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Anthyllis
Name with authority
Anthyllis vulneraria L.
Contributing datasets
42

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q126256 · GBIF 5352367