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Sand Catchfly

Silene conica

54Records since 2000
JunePeak month
5Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May15
Jun25
Jul7
Aug4
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England16
2Suffolk England16
3Kent England5
4Cambridgeshire England1
5Carmarthenshire Wales1
52 England1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 5 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
54
Peak month
June
Counties with records
5
Scientific name
Silene conica
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
171
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Genus
Silene
Name with authority
Silene conica L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1737810 · GBIF 5384774