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Lesser Burrdock

Arctium minus

7,906Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
112Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan51
Feb72
Mar112
Apr574
May773
Jun968
Jul1,529
Aug1,215
Sep489
Oct243
Nov126
Dec36

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England1,649
2Sefton England374
3Cambridgeshire England198
4Oxfordshire England188
5Essex England181
6North Yorkshire England172
7Suffolk England171
8Halton England167
9Norfolk England137
10Telford and Wrekin England117
11Herefordshire, County of England109
12Liverpool England102
13Portsmouth England94
14West Berkshire England75
15St. Helens England75
6,898 England265 Scotland134 Wales20 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 112 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,906
Peak month
July
Counties with records
112
Scientific name
Arctium minus
Also known as
Lesser & Wood Burdock
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
47,148
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Arctium
Name with authority
Arctium minus (Hill) Bernh.
Contributing datasets
47

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q20996 · GBIF 5393103