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Lesser Sea-spurrey

Spergularia marina

1,038Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
59Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb3
Mar1
Apr14
May66
Jun150
Jul250
Aug223
Sep115
Oct46
Nov15
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England81
2Portsmouth England47
3Highland Scotland36
4East Lothian Scotland35
5Essex England34
6Halton England34
7Norfolk England31
8Suffolk England25
9Sefton England25
10Herefordshire, County of England25
11Cumbria England24
12North Yorkshire England20
13Cambridgeshire England18
14North Tyneside England16
15Telford and Wrekin England15
821 England118 Scotland44 Wales7 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 59 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,038
Peak month
July
Counties with records
59
Scientific name
Spergularia marina
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
11,175
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Genus
Spergularia
Name with authority
Spergularia marina (L.) Besser
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 7736551