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Achillea ptarmica

4,982Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
116Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb0
Mar10
Apr16
May52
Jun310
Jul1,735
Aug1,814
Sep554
Oct111
Nov16
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland376
2Cumbria England263
3Argyll and Bute Scotland262
4Worcestershire England231
5North Yorkshire England131
6Powys Wales110
7Devon England76
8Perth and Kinross Scotland73
9Pembrokeshire Wales71
10Gwynedd Wales67
11West Lothian Scotland64
12Dumfries and Galloway Scotland61
13Isle of Anglesey Wales61
14Herefordshire, County of England60
15Sheffield England58
1,876 England1,068 Scotland347 Wales46 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 116 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,982
Peak month
August
Counties with records
116
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Achillea ptarmica
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
19,869
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Achillea
Name with authority
Achillea ptarmica L.
Contributing datasets
49

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1335122 · GBIF 3120333