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Melancholy Thistle

Cirsium heterophyllum

661Records since 2000
JunePeak month
30Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr13
May49
Jun275
Jul181
Aug68
Sep25
Oct12
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland183
2Cumbria England72
3Perth and Kinross Scotland41
4Argyll and Bute Scotland38
5North Yorkshire England30
6Aberdeenshire Scotland20
7Scottish Borders Scotland18
8City of Edinburgh Scotland14
9Stirling Scotland11
10Moray Scotland11
11Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland8
12Dumfries and Galloway Scotland5
13Angus Scotland5
14Shetland Islands —4
15Fife Scotland4
217 England305 Scotland8 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 30 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
661
Peak month
June
Counties with records
30
Scientific name
Cirsium heterophyllum
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,515
Most recorded in
Highland, Cumbria
Conservation designations
Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Cirsium
Name with authority
Cirsium heterophyllum (L.) Hill
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1446001 · GBIF 3113745