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Brassica napus

1,037Records since 2000
MayPeak month
76Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan15
Feb4
Mar29
Apr168
May209
Jun145
Jul101
Aug85
Sep38
Oct23
Nov13
Dec9

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England131
2Oxfordshire England76
3Sefton England38
4West Berkshire England37
5Cambridgeshire England28
6Portsmouth England25
7Suffolk England23
8Highland Scotland21
9Liverpool England17
10Telford and Wrekin England15
11Norfolk England13
12Northamptonshire England11
13Herefordshire, County of England10
14City of Edinburgh Scotland9
15Fife Scotland9
923 England60 Scotland11 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 76 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,037
Peak month
May
Counties with records
76
Scientific name
Brassica napus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
14,392
Most recorded in
Worcestershire, Oxfordshire
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Brassicales
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Brassica
Name with authority
Brassica napus L.
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q177932 · GBIF 3042636