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Sea-milkwort

Lysimachia maritima

2,432Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
59Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb1
Mar2
Apr63
May234
Jun426
Jul380
Aug365
Sep293
Oct645
Nov3
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales235
2Sefton England130
3Carmarthenshire Wales123
4Isle of Anglesey Wales122
5Argyll and Bute Scotland121
6Swansea Wales117
7Highland Scotland107
8Cumbria England82
9Halton England47
10East Lothian Scotland39
11East Riding of Yorkshire England38
12Suffolk England34
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland33
14Ceredigion Wales30
15Cornwall England28
923 England506 Scotland847 Wales32 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 59 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,432
Peak month
October
Counties with records
59
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Lysimachia maritima
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
7,688
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Primulaceae
Genus
Lysimachia
Name with authority
Lysimachia maritima (L.) Galasso, Banfi & Soldano
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2720092 · GBIF 4007442