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Oysterplant

Mertensia maritima

121Records since 2000
JunePeak month
13Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May20
Jun44
Jul18
Aug26
Sep9
Oct2
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Orkney Islands Scotland38
2South Ayrshire Scotland14
3Highland Scotland12
4Dumfries and Galloway Scotland9
5Aberdeenshire Scotland8
6Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland6
7Argyll and Bute Scotland5
8Gloucestershire England2
9Ards and North Down Northern Ireland2
10North Yorkshire England1
11Gwynedd Wales1
12Shetland Islands —1
13Moray Scotland1
93 Scotland1 Wales10 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 13 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
121
Peak month
June
Counties with records
13
Scientific name
Mertensia maritima
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
387
Conservation designations
Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Boraginales
Family
Boraginaceae
Genus
Mertensia
Name with authority
Mertensia maritima (L.) Gray

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1444376 · GBIF 5341246