When it is recorded
Jan11
Feb17
Mar25
Apr84
May152
Jun766
Jul2,733
Aug2,754
Sep792
Oct174
Nov26
Dec13
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norfolk | England | 880 | |
| 2 | Cambridgeshire | England | 437 | |
| 3 | Suffolk | England | 362 | |
| 4 | Sefton | England | 329 | |
| 5 | Worcestershire | England | 242 | |
| 6 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 160 | |
| 7 | Oxfordshire | England | 138 | |
| 8 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 126 | |
| 9 | Essex | England | 118 | |
| 10 | Devon | England | 118 | |
| 11 | Surrey | England | 105 | |
| 12 | Isle of Anglesey | Wales | 103 | |
| 13 | Cornwall | England | 101 | |
| 14 | Cumbria | England | 91 | |
| 15 | Doncaster | England | 87 |
6,173 England370 Scotland515 Wales97 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 119 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 8,145
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 119
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Lythrum salicaria
- Also known as
- Purple-loosestrife
- Group
- Flowering plants
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 19,522
- Most recorded in
- Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Sefton, Worcestershire, Pembrokeshire, Oxfordshire, Argyll and Bute, Essex, Devon, Surrey, Isle of Anglesey +21
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Myrtales
- Family
- Lythraceae
- Genus
- Lythrum
- Name with authority
- Lythrum salicaria L.
- Contributing datasets
- 58
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q157513 · GBIF 3188736