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Saw-wort

Serratula tinctoria

640Records since 2000
JunePeak month
27Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb1
Mar4
Apr14
May40
Jun160
Jul152
Aug140
Sep48
Oct13
Nov5
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England95
2Pembrokeshire Wales50
3Isle of Anglesey Wales38
4Powys Wales36
5Devon England24
6Cumbria England19
7Worcestershire England17
8Carmarthenshire Wales16
9Isle of Wight England16
10Dorset England14
11North Yorkshire England14
12Cambridgeshire England13
13Oxfordshire England7
14Rutland England5
15Swansea Wales5
429 England1 Scotland172 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 27 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
640
Peak month
June
Counties with records
27
Scientific name
Serratula tinctoria
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,666
Most recorded in
Cornwall, Pembrokeshire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Serratula
Name with authority
Serratula tinctoria L.
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q7215753 · GBIF 5388835