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Sea Mouse-ear

Cerastium diffusum

396Records since 2000
MayPeak month
42Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb3
Mar20
Apr84
May106
Jun85
Jul45
Aug13
Sep13
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Portsmouth England48
2Sefton England34
3Devon England23
4Cornwall England21
5Highland Scotland19
6Aberdeenshire Scotland17
7Suffolk England16
8Argyll and Bute Scotland13
9Fife Scotland10
10Worcestershire England8
11Dorset England7
12Cumbria England7
13East Lothian Scotland6
14Isle of Wight England6
15Isle of Anglesey Wales6
261 England94 Scotland28 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 42 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
396
Peak month
May
Counties with records
42
Scientific name
Cerastium diffusum
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,724
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Genus
Cerastium
Name with authority
Cerastium diffusum Pers.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3010259 · GBIF 3085464