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Large Bitter-cress

Cardamine amara

829Records since 2000
MayPeak month
58Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb1
Mar13
Apr121
May350
Jun80
Jul42
Aug53
Sep14
Oct5
Nov8
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England60
2Norfolk England56
3North Yorkshire England43
4Cumbria England35
5Sheffield England26
6Telford and Wrekin England25
7Gwynedd Wales22
8Cheshire East England19
9Suffolk England18
10South Lanarkshire Scotland17
11Scottish Borders Scotland15
12North Ayrshire Scotland10
13Dudley England10
14Blackburn with Darwen England10
15Stockport England9
576 England90 Scotland35 Wales9 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 58 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
829
Peak month
May
Counties with records
58
Scientific name
Cardamine amara
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,469
Most recorded in
Worcestershire, Norfolk
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Brassicales
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Cardamine
Name with authority
Cardamine amara L.
Contributing datasets
32

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q163609 · GBIF 3046044