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Red Valerian

Centranthus ruber

5,970Records since 2000
MayPeak month
110Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan148
Feb89
Mar136
Apr790
May1,120
Jun1,042
Jul656
Aug570
Sep465
Oct290
Nov170
Dec141

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England311
2Sefton England201
3Cornwall England165
4Suffolk England114
5Kent England113
6Isle of Anglesey Wales108
7Gwynedd Wales101
8Portsmouth England94
9Norfolk England86
10Devon England83
11Somerset England83
12Sheffield England82
13Brighton and Hove England75
14North Tyneside England74
15Oxfordshire England73
5,006 England237 Scotland535 Wales43 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 110 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,970
Peak month
May
Counties with records
110
Scientific name
Centranthus ruber
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
19,079
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Dipsacales
Family
Caprifoliaceae
Genus
Centranthus
Name with authority
Centranthus ruber (L.) DC.
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158231 · GBIF 2888740