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Meadow Vetchling

Lathyrus pratensis

16,208Records since 2000
JunePeak month
124Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan19
Feb12
Mar45
Apr477
May1,336
Jun4,217
Jul4,066
Aug2,267
Sep881
Oct231
Nov57
Dec8

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England2,158
2Herefordshire, County of England469
3North Yorkshire England385
4Highland Scotland333
5Argyll and Bute Scotland315
6Essex England270
7Oxfordshire England257
8Cumbria England254
9Sheffield England236
10Norfolk England199
11Fife Scotland198
12Cambridgeshire England194
13Telford and Wrekin England193
14Suffolk England192
15East Lothian Scotland180
11,064 England2,055 Scotland466 Wales144 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 124 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
16,208
Peak month
June
Counties with records
124
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Lathyrus pratensis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
62,075
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Lathyrus
Name with authority
Lathyrus pratensis L.
Contributing datasets
62

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161639 · GBIF 5356701