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Sea Holly

Eryngium maritimum

2,310Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
40Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan9
Feb9
Mar7
Apr121
May167
Jun409
Jul730
Aug513
Sep238
Oct59
Nov18
Dec24

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England383
2Cambridgeshire England151
3Norfolk England140
4Gwynedd Wales136
5Devon England110
6Swansea Wales108
7Suffolk England87
8Cumbria England87
9Cornwall England80
10Isle of Anglesey Wales77
11Conwy Wales72
12Kent England54
13Portsmouth England47
14Essex England38
15Pembrokeshire Wales32
1,138 England38 Scotland280 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 40 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,310
Peak month
July
Counties with records
40
Scientific name
Eryngium maritimum
Also known as
Sea-holly
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,885
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Apiales
Family
Apiaceae
Genus
Eryngium
Name with authority
Eryngium maritimum L.
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q21110 · GBIF 3034391