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Meadow Thistle

Cirsium dissectum

545Records since 2000
JunePeak month
38Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb0
Mar4
Apr15
May59
Jun176
Jul110
Aug61
Sep61
Oct7
Nov3
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales67
2Cambridgeshire England65
3Devon England38
4Norfolk England28
5Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland23
6Dorset England17
7Worcestershire England15
8Carmarthenshire Wales12
9Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland11
10Highland Scotland10
11Monmouthshire Wales10
12Somerset England8
13Swansea Wales8
14Cornwall England7
15Essex England5
324 England15 Scotland140 Wales36 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 38 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
545
Peak month
June
Counties with records
38
Scientific name
Cirsium dissectum
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,350
Most recorded in
Powys, Cambridgeshire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Cirsium
Name with authority
Cirsium dissectum (L.) Hill
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q392283 · GBIF 3113784