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Mountain Sorrel

Oxyria digyna

408Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
10Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar8
Apr5
May31
Jun74
Jul126
Aug75
Sep62
Oct5
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland269
2Perth and Kinross Scotland68
3Dumfries and Galloway Scotland19
4Cumbria England13
5Argyll and Bute Scotland13
6Stirling Scotland10
7Gwynedd Wales9
8Conwy Wales1
9Orkney Islands Scotland1
10Angus Scotland1
14 England382 Scotland8 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 10 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
408
Peak month
July
Counties with records
10
Scientific name
Oxyria digyna
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,678
Most recorded in
Highland, Perth and Kinross
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Polygonaceae
Genus
Oxyria
Name with authority
Oxyria digyna (L.) Hill

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1444183 · GBIF 2889358