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Lesser Periwinkle [plant]

Vinca minor

2,910Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
121Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan78
Feb191
Mar698
Apr729
May334
Jun193
Jul146
Aug129
Sep103
Oct113
Nov86
Dec55

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Surrey England97
2Devon England95
3Highland Scotland75
4Oxfordshire England70
5Kent England65
6Cambridgeshire England58
7City of Edinburgh Scotland54
8Essex England48
9Worcestershire England48
10Sefton England44
11Gloucestershire England37
12North Yorkshire England33
13Cumbria England33
14Glasgow City Scotland32
15Herefordshire, County of England31
974 England142 Scotland26 Wales5 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 121 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,910
Peak month
April
Counties with records
121
Scientific name
Vinca minor
Also known as
Lesser Periwinkle
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
9,226
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Apocynaceae
Genus
Vinca
Name with authority
Vinca minor L.
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161777 · GBIF 3169707