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Slender Thistle

Carduus tenuiflorus

433Records since 2000
JunePeak month
42Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb0
Mar0
Apr18
May128
Jun168
Jul76
Aug17
Sep10
Oct1
Nov2
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England61
2Essex England26
3Devon England20
4Kent England15
5Isle of Anglesey Wales14
6Portsmouth England13
7Dorset England12
8Sefton England11
9Conwy Wales10
10Brighton and Hove England9
11Cornwall England7
12Isle of Wight England7
13Lincolnshire England6
14East Lothian Scotland5
15Cambridgeshire England4
339 England15 Scotland36 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 42 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
433
Peak month
June
Counties with records
42
Scientific name
Carduus tenuiflorus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,281
Most recorded in
Suffolk
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Carduus
Name with authority
Carduus tenuiflorus Curtis

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q788370 · GBIF 3114627