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Purple pitcherplant

Sarracenia purpurea

87Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
9Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb2
Mar1
Apr1
May7
Jun18
Jul10
Aug21
Sep5
Oct6
Nov2
Dec10

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Surrey England25
2Dorset England11
3Highland Scotland8
4Cumbria England8
5Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland8
6Worcestershire England5
7Blackburn with Darwen England4
8Glasgow City Scotland2
9Wrexham Wales2
55 England7 Scotland3 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 9 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
87
Peak month
August
Counties with records
9
Scientific name
Sarracenia purpurea
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
115
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Sarraceniaceae
Genus
Sarracenia
Name with authority
Sarracenia purpurea L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1927560 · GBIF 5421389