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Phacelia

Phacelia tanacetifolia

7,497Records since 2000
JunePeak month
117Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan9
Feb8
Mar39
Apr150
May1,252
Jun2,079
Jul1,954
Aug1,059
Sep484
Oct311
Nov101
Dec31

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England260
2Cambridgeshire England248
3Kent England244
4Norfolk England220
5North Yorkshire England208
6Cornwall England197
7Essex England194
8Oxfordshire England183
9Lincolnshire England144
10Somerset England125
11Gloucestershire England125
12Devon England109
13Worcestershire England104
14Surrey England103
15Nottinghamshire England99
755 England44 Scotland12 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 117 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,497
Peak month
June
Counties with records
117
Scientific name
Phacelia tanacetifolia
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,115
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Boraginales
Family
Hydrophyllaceae
Genus
Phacelia
Name with authority
Phacelia tanacetifolia Benth.
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158942 · GBIF 2928226