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Redshank [plant]

Persicaria maculosa

5,442Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
120Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan13
Feb4
Mar8
Apr21
May124
Jun572
Jul1,122
Aug1,343
Sep855
Oct278
Nov46
Dec5

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England978
2Sefton England257
3Norfolk England143
4Suffolk England119
5Essex England103
6Cambridgeshire England99
7Argyll and Bute Scotland81
8Telford and Wrekin England78
9Surrey England73
10Oxfordshire England66
11Liverpool England64
12Herefordshire, County of England62
13Halton England61
14Cumbria England58
15Portsmouth England58
4,490 England397 Scotland185 Wales40 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 120 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,442
Peak month
August
Counties with records
120
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Persicaria maculosa
Also known as
Redshank
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
39,130
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Polygonaceae
Genus
Persicaria
Name with authority
Persicaria maculosa Gray
Contributing datasets
53

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161717 · GBIF 6391194