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Scots Lovage

Ligusticum scothicum

187Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
18Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar0
Apr4
May22
Jun35
Jul63
Aug37
Sep12
Oct3
Nov4
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland27
2Fife Scotland23
3East Lothian Scotland20
4Orkney Islands Scotland17
5Argyll and Bute Scotland16
6North Ayrshire Scotland12
7Dumfries and Galloway Scotland7
8Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland6
9City of Edinburgh Scotland5
10Aberdeenshire Scotland5
11South Ayrshire Scotland3
12Scottish Borders Scotland3
13Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland3
14Moray Scotland3
15Shetland Islands —2
7 England160 Scotland7 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 18 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
187
Peak month
July
Counties with records
18
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Ligusticum scothicum
Group
Flowering plants
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Apiales
Family
Apiaceae
Genus
Ligusticum
Name with authority
Ligusticum scothicum L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3257294 · GBIF 7318597