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Short-fruited Willowherb

Epilobium obscurum

1,651Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
71Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb0
Mar6
Apr6
May73
Jun228
Jul383
Aug300
Sep170
Oct28
Nov10
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England367
2Argyll and Bute Scotland122
3Pembrokeshire Wales107
4Highland Scotland65
5North Tyneside England35
6Ceredigion Wales34
7Herefordshire, County of England33
8South Lanarkshire Scotland24
9City of Edinburgh Scotland23
10Isle of Anglesey Wales21
11Fife Scotland19
12Telford and Wrekin England19
13North Lanarkshire Scotland18
14Aberdeenshire Scotland17
15Surrey England16
966 England421 Scotland218 Wales11 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 71 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,651
Peak month
July
Counties with records
71
Scientific name
Epilobium obscurum
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
25,295
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Myrtales
Family
Onagraceae
Genus
Epilobium
Name with authority
Epilobium obscurum Schreb.
Contributing datasets
37

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q160486 · GBIF 3189152