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Petty Whin

Genista anglica

490Records since 2000
MayPeak month
25Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb1
Mar3
Apr23
May212
Jun70
Jul55
Aug35
Sep24
Oct8
Nov5
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland68
2Powys Wales29
3Cornwall England23
4Aberdeenshire Scotland21
5York England19
6Worcestershire England13
7Cambridgeshire England12
8Perth and Kinross Scotland11
9Moray Scotland11
10Swansea Wales7
11Devon England6
12Cumbria England6
13North Yorkshire England5
14Carmarthenshire Wales4
15Gwynedd Wales3
280 England106 Scotland56 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 25 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
490
Peak month
May
Counties with records
25
Scientific name
Genista anglica
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,146
Most recorded in
Highland
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Genista
Name with authority
Genista anglica L.
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161720 · GBIF 5347644