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Purple Spoonwort

Pleurozia purpurea

1,597Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
17Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan22
Feb47
Mar68
Apr102
May152
Jun295
Jul354
Aug248
Sep146
Oct72
Nov43
Dec11

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,176
2Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland127
3Argyll and Bute Scotland87
4Orkney Islands Scotland24
5Shetland Islands —23
6South Ayrshire Scotland12
7Aberdeenshire Scotland11
8Stirling Scotland10
9East Ayrshire Scotland10
10North Ayrshire Scotland7
11Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland7
12Dumfries and Galloway Scotland4
13Perth and Kinross Scotland4
14Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland4
15Mid Ulster Northern Ireland2
1,577 Scotland16 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 17 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,597
Peak month
July
Counties with records
17
Scientific name
Pleurozia purpurea
Group
Liverworts
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,731
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Marchantiophyta
Class
Jungermanniopsida
Order
Pleuroziales
Family
Pleuroziaceae
Genus
Pleurozia
Name with authority
Pleurozia purpurea Lindb.
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2099417 · GBIF 2688670