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Moss Campion

Silene acaulis

572Records since 2000
JunePeak month
16Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar6
Apr10
May117
Jun185
Jul109
Aug70
Sep36
Oct2
Nov0
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland228
2Perth and Kinross Scotland222
3Stirling Scotland39
4Shetland Islands —20
5Argyll and Bute Scotland17
6Gwynedd Wales14
7Moray Scotland12
8Aberdeenshire Scotland3
9Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland3
10Dorset England1
11Worcestershire England1
12City of Edinburgh Scotland1
13Conwy Wales1
14Orkney Islands Scotland1
15Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland1
1 England515 Scotland13 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 16 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
572
Peak month
June
Counties with records
16
Scientific name
Silene acaulis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,495
Most recorded in
Highland, Perth and Kinross
Conservation designations
Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Genus
Silene
Name with authority
Silene acaulis (L.) Jacq.
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1339103 · GBIF 5384754