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Pink Purslane

Claytonia sibirica

3,424Records since 2000
MayPeak month
92Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan10
Feb9
Mar68
Apr655
May1,486
Jun599
Jul204
Aug112
Sep78
Oct46
Nov18
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England322
2Worcestershire England193
3Perth and Kinross Scotland191
4Powys Wales128
5City of Edinburgh Scotland125
6Highland Scotland118
7Cornwall England113
8Dumfries and Galloway Scotland111
9Aberdeenshire Scotland95
10Cumbria England92
11Stirling Scotland75
12North Ayrshire Scotland74
13Sheffield England60
14Surrey England59
15Scottish Borders Scotland58
811 England567 Scotland139 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 92 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,424
Peak month
May
Counties with records
92
Scientific name
Claytonia sibirica
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
7,627
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Montiaceae
Genus
Claytonia
Name with authority
Claytonia sibirica L.
Contributing datasets
34

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2223143 · GBIF 3084742