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Marsh Cinquefoil

Comarum palustre

2,914Records since 2000
JunePeak month
81Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb3
Mar1
Apr42
May222
Jun843
Jul757
Aug516
Sep229
Oct50
Nov8
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England273
2Argyll and Bute Scotland223
3Pembrokeshire Wales185
4Highland Scotland174
5Isle of Anglesey Wales172
6Ceredigion Wales165
7Worcestershire England141
8Cumbria England138
9Gwynedd Wales106
10Powys Wales97
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland74
12Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland73
13Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland61
14Cornwall England57
15Orkney Islands Scotland41
878 England882 Scotland787 Wales111 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 81 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,914
Peak month
June
Counties with records
81
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Comarum palustre
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
11,372
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Comarum
Name with authority
Comarum palustre L.
Contributing datasets
48

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q18198979 · GBIF 3020532