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Red Rags

Dilsea carnosa

3,381Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
34Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan31
Feb23
Mar77
Apr224
May428
Jun514
Jul517
Aug682
Sep625
Oct178
Nov42
Dec21

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ards and North Down Northern Ireland92
2Cornwall England81
3Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland49
4Pembrokeshire Wales48
5Argyll and Bute Scotland37
6Devon England36
7Gwynedd Wales32
8Dorset England28
9Isles of Scilly England25
10Torbay England25
11Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland23
12Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland20
13Highland Scotland17
14Isle of Anglesey Wales17
15Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland17
1,647 England455 Scotland589 Wales455 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 34 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,381
Peak month
August
Counties with records
34
Scientific name
Dilsea carnosa
Group
Seaweeds and algae
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,630
Most recorded in
Ards and North Down, Cornwall
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Gigartinales
Family
Dumontiaceae
Genus
Dilsea
Name with authority
Dilsea carnosa (Schmidel) Kuntze
Contributing datasets
46

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q5277048 · GBIF 2667034