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Night-flowering Catchfly

Silene noctiflora

103Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
17Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May6
Jun13
Jul26
Aug11
Sep11
Oct8
Nov4
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England15
2Cambridgeshire England13
3Suffolk England9
4Cornwall England7
5Rutland England7
6Surrey England5
7Worcestershire England4
8Ceredigion Wales3
9Lincolnshire England2
10Northamptonshire England2
11Oxfordshire England1
12East Riding of Yorkshire England1
13Essex England1
14Devon England1
15East Lothian Scotland1
82 England1 Scotland1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 17 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
103
Peak month
July
Counties with records
17
Scientific name
Silene noctiflora
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,060
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Genus
Silene
Name with authority
Silene noctiflora L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159022 · GBIF 5384834