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Sand Leek

Allium scorodoprasum

190Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
30Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar1
Apr2
May7
Jun59
Jul110
Aug6
Sep1
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cumbria England43
2North Yorkshire England26
3Dumfries and Galloway Scotland9
4Northamptonshire England6
5Aberdeen City Scotland6
6Cornwall England4
7East Lothian Scotland4
8Aberdeenshire Scotland4
9Trafford England4
10Norfolk England2
11Suffolk England2
12East Riding of Yorkshire England2
13Worcestershire England2
14City of Edinburgh Scotland2
15Pembrokeshire Wales2
84 England17 Scotland1 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 30 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
190
Peak month
July
Counties with records
30
Scientific name
Allium scorodoprasum
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
629
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Amaryllidaceae
Genus
Allium
Name with authority
Allium scorodoprasum L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 9177060