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Primrose

Primula vulgaris

13,713Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
124Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan322
Feb790
Mar2,414
Apr4,603
May1,943
Jun780
Jul473
Aug357
Sep213
Oct106
Nov90
Dec126

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England1,480
2Fife Scotland755
3Highland Scotland640
4Argyll and Bute Scotland605
5North Yorkshire England334
6Herefordshire, County of England298
7Devon England247
8Essex England210
9Powys Wales185
10Norfolk England179
11Cornwall England177
12Suffolk England175
13Cumbria England174
14Sefton England166
15Somerset England135
9,157 England2,777 Scotland599 Wales173 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 124 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
13,713
Peak month
April
Counties with records
124
Scientific name
Primula vulgaris
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
50,022
Conservation designations
Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Primulaceae
Genus
Primula
Name with authority
Primula vulgaris Huds.
Contributing datasets
50

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159537 · GBIF 5414335