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Scarlet Pimpernel

Lysimachia arvensis

6,084Records since 2000
JunePeak month
101Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan28
Feb14
Mar13
Apr108
May682
Jun1,414
Jul1,227
Aug1,097
Sep556
Oct194
Nov51
Dec18

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England632
2Suffolk England241
3Essex England207
4Cornwall England196
5Norfolk England181
6Devon England158
7Cambridgeshire England126
8Portsmouth England117
9Isle of Anglesey Wales99
10Kent England95
11Dorset England91
12Oxfordshire England87
13Surrey England72
14Somerset England69
15Herefordshire, County of England68
5,274 England88 Scotland375 Wales63 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 101 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,084
Peak month
June
Counties with records
101
Scientific name
Lysimachia arvensis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,024
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Primulaceae
Genus
Lysimachia
Name with authority
Lysimachia arvensis (L.) U.Manns & Anderb.
Contributing datasets
43

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q21327968 · GBIF 8184903