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Lilac

Syringa vulgaris

6,008Records since 2000
MayPeak month
123Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb6
Mar18
Apr952
May2,002
Jun779
Jul707
Aug554
Sep421
Oct230
Nov48
Dec6

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England267
2Sefton England201
3Surrey England150
4Suffolk England137
5Kent England126
6Essex England123
7Oxfordshire England122
8Norfolk England100
9Cambridgeshire England98
10Devon England91
11Gloucestershire England67
12City of Edinburgh Scotland65
13Nottinghamshire England63
14Lincolnshire England58
15North Yorkshire England52
1,732 England51 Scotland16 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 123 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,008
Peak month
May
Counties with records
123
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Syringa vulgaris
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
10,973
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Oleaceae
Genus
Syringa
Name with authority
Syringa vulgaris L.
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q6565319 · GBIF 5415039