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Marsh-marigold

Caltha palustris

9,736Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
125Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan48
Feb92
Mar898
Apr3,416
May2,029
Jun1,017
Jul722
Aug435
Sep215
Oct52
Nov12
Dec17

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England616
2Highland Scotland470
3Sefton England305
4Argyll and Bute Scotland284
5North Yorkshire England225
6Cumbria England225
7Powys Wales214
8Norfolk England167
9Pembrokeshire Wales144
10Cheshire East England125
11Scottish Borders Scotland118
12Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland117
13Herefordshire, County of England112
14Gwynedd Wales109
15Oxfordshire England104
5,020 England1,785 Scotland706 Wales227 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 125 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
9,736
Peak month
April
Counties with records
125
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Caltha palustris
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
31,761
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ranunculales
Family
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Caltha
Name with authority
Caltha palustris L.
Contributing datasets
61

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q147192 · GBIF 5371685