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Rock Samphire

Crithmum maritimum

1,995Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
35Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan22
Feb17
Mar26
Apr65
May136
Jun226
Jul390
Aug538
Sep341
Oct127
Nov58
Dec38

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England330
2Devon England204
3Portsmouth England145
4Dorset England139
5Kent England73
6Pembrokeshire Wales70
7Isle of Anglesey Wales69
8Swansea Wales67
9Isles of Scilly England42
10Isle of Wight England39
11Gwynedd Wales38
12Bristol, City of England37
13Conwy Wales34
14Brighton and Hove England34
15Torbay England33
972 England26 Scotland211 Wales5 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 35 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,995
Peak month
August
Counties with records
35
Scientific name
Crithmum maritimum
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,824
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Apiales
Family
Apiaceae
Genus
Crithmum
Name with authority
Crithmum maritimum L.
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1136311 · GBIF 3632234