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Marsh-mallow

Althaea officinalis

831Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
56Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar1
Apr6
May21
Jun74
Jul268
Aug331
Sep92
Oct33
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England176
2Kent England36
3Swansea Wales32
4Isle of Wight England31
5Norfolk England26
6Dorset England23
7Oxfordshire England12
8Bristol, City of England11
9Devon England10
10Essex England7
11Somerset England7
12North Yorkshire England6
13Lincolnshire England5
14City of Edinburgh Scotland5
15Medway England5
409 England20 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 56 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
831
Peak month
August
Counties with records
56
Scientific name
Althaea officinalis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
930
Most recorded in
Suffolk
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malvales
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Althaea
Name with authority
Althaea officinalis L.
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158496 · GBIF 3152520