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Marsh Violet

Viola palustris

3,858Records since 2000
JunePeak month
71Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar16
Apr118
May419
Jun915
Jul876
Aug584
Sep330
Oct57
Nov12
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland982
2Argyll and Bute Scotland367
3Worcestershire England331
4Perth and Kinross Scotland297
5Ceredigion Wales160
6Pembrokeshire Wales139
7Powys Wales135
8Gwynedd Wales109
9Cornwall England99
10Cumbria England96
11Devon England93
12Dumfries and Galloway Scotland71
13Sheffield England62
14Stirling Scotland61
15Isle of Anglesey Wales51
966 England2,034 Scotland698 Wales32 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 71 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,858
Peak month
June
Counties with records
71
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Viola palustris
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
21,035
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Violaceae
Genus
Viola
Name with authority
Viola palustris L.
Contributing datasets
40

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q628878 · GBIF 5331355