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Small Cow-Wheat

Melampyrum sylvaticum

69Records since 2000
JunePeak month
18Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May5
Jun32
Jul19
Aug10
Sep2
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland13
2Perth and Kinross Scotland10
3Gwynedd Wales7
4Argyll and Bute Scotland5
5Devon England4
6City of Edinburgh Scotland3
7Cumbria England3
8Aberdeenshire Scotland3
9Conwy Wales3
10Oxfordshire England2
11Pembrokeshire Wales2
12Stirling Scotland2
13South Lanarkshire Scotland2
14Cornwall England1
15Worcestershire England1
29 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 18 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
69
Peak month
June
Counties with records
18
Scientific name
Melampyrum sylvaticum
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
108
Conservation designations
Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Orobanchaceae
Genus
Melampyrum
Name with authority
Melampyrum sylvaticum L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q162479 · GBIF 7331633