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Sheep's-bit

Jasione montana

1,159Records since 2000
JunePeak month
41Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb0
Mar6
Apr5
May87
Jun333
Jul271
Aug187
Sep121
Oct43
Nov7
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England169
2Gwynedd Wales134
3Worcestershire England89
4Pembrokeshire Wales85
5Devon England76
6Norfolk England67
7Suffolk England45
8Cumbria England45
9Isle of Anglesey Wales41
10Portsmouth England40
11Powys Wales39
12North Ayrshire Scotland34
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland29
14Ceredigion Wales28
15Kent England24
627 England121 Scotland329 Wales21 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 41 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,159
Peak month
June
Counties with records
41
Scientific name
Jasione montana
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,221
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Campanulaceae
Genus
Jasione
Name with authority
Jasione montana L.
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q245982 · GBIF 8366345