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Rape

Brassica rapa

665Records since 2000
MayPeak month
64Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan9
Feb4
Mar21
Apr173
May200
Jun64
Jul49
Aug47
Sep15
Oct12
Nov5
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England91
2Halton England55
3Worcestershire England51
4Liverpool England38
5Stockport England24
6Oxfordshire England21
7St. Helens England20
8Bury England13
9Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland11
10Somerset England10
11Trafford England9
12Herefordshire, County of England9
13Cambridgeshire England5
14Warrington England5
15Norfolk England4
527 England9 Scotland12 Wales8 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 64 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
665
Peak month
May
Counties with records
64
Scientific name
Brassica rapa
Also known as
Turnip
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,264
Most recorded in
Sefton, Halton, Worcestershire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Brassicales
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Brassica
Name with authority
Brassica rapa L.
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 7903057