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Sand Spurrey

Spergularia rubra

560Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
42Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr16
May83
Jun98
Jul107
Aug100
Sep39
Oct13
Nov2
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England111
2Suffolk England41
3Norfolk England31
4Highland Scotland22
5Powys Wales16
6Surrey England15
7Essex England12
8Herefordshire, County of England11
9Northamptonshire England9
10Portsmouth England9
11Cambridgeshire England8
12Isle of Anglesey Wales8
13Cornwall England7
14Lincolnshire England6
15Argyll and Bute Scotland6
458 England50 Scotland32 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 42 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
560
Peak month
July
Counties with records
42
Scientific name
Spergularia rubra
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,309
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Genus
Spergularia
Name with authority
Spergularia rubra (L.) J.Presl & C.Presl
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1474695 · GBIF 3085633