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Sainfoin

Onobrychis viciifolia

1,094Records since 2000
JunePeak month
47Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar2
Apr18
May258
Jun391
Jul205
Aug114
Sep58
Oct19
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England66
2Norfolk England43
3Oxfordshire England42
4Kent England39
5Suffolk England38
6Gloucestershire England38
7Dorset England28
8Worcestershire England25
9Surrey England17
10Essex England17
11Rutland England10
12Portsmouth England10
13Brighton and Hove England10
14Sandwell England9
15Herefordshire, County of England7
959 England1 Scotland3 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 47 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,094
Peak month
June
Counties with records
47
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Onobrychis viciifolia
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,916
Most recorded in
Cambridgeshire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Onobrychis
Name with authority
Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q157933 · GBIF 2972595