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Perennial Sow-thistle

Sonchus arvensis

5,567Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
112Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb3
Mar6
Apr43
May191
Jun549
Jul1,529
Aug1,499
Sep875
Oct219
Nov27
Dec12

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England500
2Cambridgeshire England191
3Suffolk England181
4Essex England180
5Sefton England171
6Norfolk England165
7Oxfordshire England131
8Halton England100
9Highland Scotland84
10Portsmouth England81
11Cornwall England80
12Argyll and Bute Scotland72
13Herefordshire, County of England64
14Devon England62
15North Yorkshire England57
4,423 England415 Scotland130 Wales19 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 112 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,567
Peak month
July
Counties with records
112
Scientific name
Sonchus arvensis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
33,089
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Sonchus
Name with authority
Sonchus arvensis L.
Contributing datasets
47

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q239291 · GBIF 3105813