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Shepherd's-needle

Scandix pecten-veneris

107Records since 2000
MayPeak month
15Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb0
Mar2
Apr11
May49
Jun18
Jul4
Aug3
Sep2
Oct0
Nov7
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England14
2Northamptonshire England10
3Cambridgeshire England9
4Essex England6
5North Yorkshire England3
6Gloucestershire England3
7Brighton and Hove England3
8Norfolk England2
9Somerset England2
10Kent England1
11Cornwall England1
12Pembrokeshire Wales1
13Isles of Scilly England1
14Swansea Wales1
15Redcar and Cleveland England1
82 England7 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 15 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
107
Peak month
May
Counties with records
15
Scientific name
Scandix pecten-veneris
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
687
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Apiales
Family
Apiaceae
Genus
Scandix
Name with authority
Scandix pecten-veneris L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q580360 · GBIF 3034233