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Scottish Primrose

Primula scotica

56Records since 2000
MayPeak month
4Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar0
Apr0
May23
Jun4
Jul14
Aug5
Sep8
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Orkney Islands Scotland11
2Highland Scotland8
3City of Edinburgh Scotland3
4Herefordshire, County of England1
1 England45 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 4 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
56
Peak month
May
Counties with records
4
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Primula scotica
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
73
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Primulaceae
Genus
Primula
Name with authority
Primula scotica Hook.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q147091 · GBIF 5640571