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Sheep's Sorrel

Rumex acetosella

7,014Records since 2000
JunePeak month
112Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan38
Feb71
Mar139
Apr415
May1,214
Jun1,357
Jul992
Aug696
Sep479
Oct152
Nov79
Dec34

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England1,239
2Highland Scotland348
3Suffolk England302
4Argyll and Bute Scotland255
5Norfolk England193
6Essex England154
7Powys Wales151
8North Yorkshire England142
9Cumbria England138
10Sefton England136
11Surrey England120
12Sheffield England117
13Devon England93
14Dorset England81
15Portsmouth England79
5,124 England1,007 Scotland393 Wales34 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 112 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,014
Peak month
June
Counties with records
112
Scientific name
Rumex acetosella
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
37,317
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Polygonaceae
Genus
Rumex
Name with authority
Rumex acetosella L.
Contributing datasets
57

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q29951 · GBIF 2888995