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Lesser Spearwort

Ranunculus flammula

7,405Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
98Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan11
Feb9
Mar41
Apr163
May541
Jun1,559
Jul1,713
Aug1,195
Sep585
Oct152
Nov32
Dec28

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England1,150
2Highland Scotland743
3Argyll and Bute Scotland477
4Powys Wales349
5Pembrokeshire Wales316
6Cumbria England246
7Gwynedd Wales224
8Norfolk England192
9Ceredigion Wales176
10Devon England167
11North Yorkshire England146
12Sheffield England109
13Cornwall England104
14Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland83
15Herefordshire, County of England81
3,833 England1,710 Scotland1,328 Wales134 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 98 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,405
Peak month
July
Counties with records
98
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Ranunculus flammula
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
37,517
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ranunculales
Family
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Ranunculus
Name with authority
Ranunculus flammula L.
Contributing datasets
60

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161737 · GBIF 3033312