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Small-flowered catchfly

Silene gallica

126Records since 2000
JunePeak month
12Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb2
Mar4
Apr26
May17
Jun31
Jul20
Aug3
Sep9
Oct4
Nov0
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England20
2Cornwall England18
3Suffolk England15
4Pembrokeshire Wales10
5Northamptonshire England7
6Cambridgeshire England4
7Devon England4
8Worcestershire England3
9Sefton England2
10Dorset England1
11East Lothian Scotland1
12Swansea Wales1
105 England1 Scotland13 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 12 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
126
Peak month
June
Counties with records
12
Scientific name
Silene gallica
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
474
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Scottish Biodiversity List, Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Genus
Silene
Name with authority
Silene gallica L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1450768 · GBIF 5384848