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Musk Thistle

Carduus nutans

1,819Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
57Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan9
Feb9
Mar11
Apr18
May96
Jun489
Jul531
Aug216
Sep86
Oct42
Nov17
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England316
2Suffolk England110
3Norfolk England99
4North Yorkshire England60
5Dorset England52
6Devon England52
7Oxfordshire England51
8Cambridgeshire England45
9Telford and Wrekin England33
10Kent England26
11Gloucestershire England26
12Somerset England24
13Cornwall England19
14Surrey England16
15Essex England16
1,554 England14 Scotland47 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 57 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,819
Peak month
July
Counties with records
57
Scientific name
Carduus nutans
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
8,081
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Carduus
Name with authority
Carduus nutans L.
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8185959