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Portland Spurge

Euphorbia portlandica

230Records since 2000
JunePeak month
16Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb2
Mar7
Apr24
May27
Jun78
Jul29
Aug38
Sep9
Oct5
Nov2
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England61
2Devon England51
3Pembrokeshire Wales25
4Cumbria England21
5Dumfries and Galloway Scotland8
6Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland8
7Cornwall England6
8Gwynedd Wales6
9Swansea Wales6
10Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland6
11Isle of Anglesey Wales4
12Dorset England3
13Isle of Wight England3
14Isles of Scilly England3
15Torbay England2
159 England8 Scotland42 Wales14 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 16 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
230
Peak month
June
Counties with records
16
Scientific name
Euphorbia portlandica
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
999
Most recorded in
Sefton, Devon
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Euphorbia
Name with authority
Euphorbia portlandica L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3060409 · GBIF 3065081