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Sea Plantain

Plantago maritima

4,391Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
61Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb10
Mar32
Apr125
May298
Jun803
Jul917
Aug619
Sep610
Oct802
Nov24
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland613
2Carmarthenshire Wales314
3Argyll and Bute Scotland246
4Gwynedd Wales229
5Cornwall England172
6Pembrokeshire Wales167
7Swansea Wales130
8Isle of Anglesey Wales128
9Cumbria England99
10Sefton England99
11Halton England87
12East Riding of Yorkshire England71
13South Ayrshire Scotland66
14Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland66
15East Lothian Scotland61
1,422 England1,616 Scotland1,227 Wales30 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 61 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,391
Peak month
July
Counties with records
61
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Plantago maritima
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
14,767
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Plantaginaceae
Genus
Plantago
Name with authority
Plantago maritima L.
Contributing datasets
38

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q21126 · GBIF 3189755