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Mudwort

Limosella aquatica

94Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
19Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr1
May0
Jun9
Jul20
Aug22
Sep21
Oct7
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England15
2Fife Scotland9
3Perth and Kinross Scotland7
4Cheshire East England6
5Rutland England5
6Powys Wales5
7Northamptonshire England4
8Cumbria England3
9Oxfordshire England2
10Dorset England2
11North Yorkshire England2
12Leeds England2
13Aberdeenshire Scotland2
14Cambridgeshire England1
15Norfolk England1
63 England19 Scotland5 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 19 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
94
Peak month
August
Counties with records
19
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Limosella aquatica
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
449
Conservation designations
Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Scrophulariaceae
Genus
Limosella
Name with authority
Limosella aquatica L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159248 · GBIF 3172211