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Purple Milk-vetch

Astragalus danicus

529Records since 2000
JunePeak month
22Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr3
May149
Jun260
Jul78
Aug18
Sep10
Oct1
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1East Lothian Scotland108
2City of Edinburgh Scotland58
3Highland Scotland55
4Scottish Borders Scotland46
5Redcar and Cleveland England24
6Norfolk England14
7Hartlepool England14
8Moray Scotland9
9Suffolk England8
10Dumfries and Galloway Scotland8
11Fife Scotland7
12Angus Scotland7
13Peterborough England6
14North Lincolnshire England5
15North Yorkshire England4
185 England336 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 22 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
529
Peak month
June
Counties with records
22
Scientific name
Astragalus danicus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,163
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List, Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Astragalus
Name with authority
Astragalus danicus Retz.
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q163342 · GBIF 5342838