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Red Star-thistle

Centaurea calcitrapa

315Records since 2000
JunePeak month
2Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar1
Apr1
May9
Jun204
Jul57
Aug36
Sep5
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Brighton and Hove England7
2Medway England1
303 England

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

About this species

Records since 2000
315
Peak month
June
Counties with records
2
Scientific name
Centaurea calcitrapa
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
347
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Centaurea
Name with authority
Centaurea calcitrapa L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1763537 · GBIF 3128483