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Pillwort

Pilularia globulifera

187Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
14Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr5
May8
Jun16
Jul22
Aug79
Sep13
Oct5
Nov1
Dec5

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cumbria England40
2Powys Wales24
3Cornwall England5
4North Yorkshire England4
5North Lincolnshire England4
6Dorset England2
7City of Edinburgh Scotland2
8Doncaster England2
9Isle of Anglesey Wales2
10Norfolk England1
11Highland Scotland1
12Gwynedd Wales1
13Pembrokeshire Wales1
14Herefordshire, County of England1
154 England3 Scotland28 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 14 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
187
Peak month
August
Counties with records
14
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Pilularia globulifera
Group
Ferns and horsetails
NBN Atlas records since 2000
631
Conservation designations
Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Polypodiopsida
Order
Salviniales
Family
Marsileaceae
Genus
Pilularia
Name with authority
Pilularia globulifera L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q299246 · GBIF 3913526