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Lousewort

Pedicularis sylvatica

4,131Records since 2000
JunePeak month
70Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb0
Mar17
Apr232
May998
Jun1,325
Jul582
Aug280
Sep176
Oct50
Nov6
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,093
2Argyll and Bute Scotland378
3Worcestershire England347
4Pembrokeshire Wales185
5Cumbria England137
6Powys Wales126
7Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland118
8Cornwall England117
9Gwynedd Wales105
10Devon England104
11Ceredigion Wales62
12North Yorkshire England54
13Carmarthenshire Wales47
14Herefordshire, County of England46
15Stirling Scotland46
1,244 England1,765 Scotland606 Wales59 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 70 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,131
Peak month
June
Counties with records
70
Scientific name
Pedicularis sylvatica
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
17,159
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Orobanchaceae
Genus
Pedicularis
Name with authority
Pedicularis sylvatica L.
Contributing datasets
42

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q162536 · GBIF 3171712