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Mouse-ear Hawkweed

Pilosella officinarum

1,158Records since 2000
MayPeak month
92Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb3
Mar19
Apr120
May301
Jun291
Jul117
Aug84
Sep103
Oct64
Nov34
Dec18

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Portsmouth England94
2North Yorkshire England55
3Kent England36
4Powys Wales31
5Surrey England28
6Cumbria England27
7Sefton England26
8Suffolk England17
9Cambridgeshire England16
10Gwynedd Wales16
11Isle of Anglesey Wales16
12Highland Scotland14
13Nottingham England14
14Dudley England14
15Wolverhampton England13
833 England75 Scotland71 Wales23 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 92 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,158
Peak month
May
Counties with records
92
Scientific name
Pilosella officinarum
Also known as
Mouse-ear-hawkweed
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
36,773
Most recorded in
Portsmouth, North Yorkshire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Pilosella
Name with authority
Pilosella officinarum Vaill.
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15593797 · GBIF 9458333