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Orange Hawkweed

Pilosella aurantiaca

4,109Records since 2000
JunePeak month
114Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan9
Feb6
Mar9
Apr85
May318
Jun1,529
Jul717
Aug459
Sep406
Oct225
Nov62
Dec22

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England338
2Sefton England128
3Highland Scotland127
4Sheffield England87
5Cumbria England81
6Powys Wales68
7City of Edinburgh Scotland54
8North Yorkshire England53
9Herefordshire, County of England49
10Glasgow City Scotland48
11Fife Scotland47
12Norfolk England42
13Argyll and Bute Scotland41
14North Tyneside England41
15Aberdeenshire Scotland37
2,998 England548 Scotland181 Wales22 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 114 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,109
Peak month
June
Counties with records
114
Scientific name
Pilosella aurantiaca
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
14,130
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Pilosella
Name with authority
Pilosella aurantiaca (L.) F.W.Schultz & Sch.Bip.
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q20757547 · GBIF 3122924