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Salsify

Tragopogon porrifolius

1,134Records since 2000
MayPeak month
53Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb2
Mar0
Apr44
May577
Jun366
Jul55
Aug26
Sep16
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Essex England212
2Kent England102
3Cambridgeshire England66
4Suffolk England26
5Oxfordshire England25
6Brighton and Hove England25
7Somerset England24
8Gloucestershire England16
9Bedford England14
10Cornwall England13
11Portsmouth England13
12Thurrock England12
13Medway England12
14Surrey England11
15Norfolk England10
390 England2 Scotland1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 53 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,134
Peak month
May
Counties with records
53
Scientific name
Tragopogon porrifolius
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,711
Most recorded in
Essex, Kent, Cambridgeshire
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Tragopogon
Name with authority
Tragopogon porrifolius L.
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q941639 · GBIF 5386938