When it is recorded
Jan9
Feb20
Mar56
Apr367
May1,186
Jun2,299
Jul1,088
Aug292
Sep124
Oct76
Nov38
Dec11
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Worcestershire | England | 211 | |
| 2 | Oxfordshire | England | 177 | |
| 3 | Norfolk | England | 159 | |
| 4 | Suffolk | England | 148 | |
| 5 | Kent | England | 147 | |
| 6 | Sefton | England | 147 | |
| 7 | Surrey | England | 145 | |
| 8 | Cambridgeshire | England | 136 | |
| 9 | Essex | England | 129 | |
| 10 | Lincolnshire | England | 89 | |
| 11 | Highland | Scotland | 81 | |
| 12 | Somerset | England | 76 | |
| 13 | Dorset | England | 72 | |
| 14 | North Yorkshire | England | 72 | |
| 15 | Gloucestershire | England | 68 |
2,069 England153 Scotland26 Wales8 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 123 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 5,832
- Peak month
- June
- Counties with records
- 123
- Scientific name
- Papaver somniferum
- Group
- Flowering plants
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 16,310
- Most recorded in
- Worcestershire, Oxfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Kent, Sefton, Surrey, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Lincolnshire, Highland, Somerset +10
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ranunculales
- Family
- Papaveraceae
- Genus
- Papaver
- Name with authority
- Papaver somniferum L.
- Contributing datasets
- 32
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q131584 · GBIF 2888439