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Melilotus officinalis

382Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
56Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May6
Jun63
Jul167
Aug84
Sep30
Oct16
Nov4
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England55
2Halton England11
3Cheshire East England10
4Essex England9
5Gloucestershire England8
6Warrington England8
7Cambridgeshire England7
8Oxfordshire England7
9Glasgow City Scotland7
10St. Helens England7
11Kingston upon Hull, City of England7
12East Lothian Scotland6
13Portsmouth England6
14Suffolk England5
15East Riding of Yorkshire England5
293 England23 Scotland10 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 56 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
382
Peak month
July
Counties with records
56
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,910
Most recorded in
Sefton
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Melilotus
Name with authority
Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8193111