About Earthynature of Britain
  1. Home
  2. Species
  3. Spanish broom
Species · Flowering plants

Spanish broom

Spartium junceum

148Records since 2000
JunePeak month
17Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb4
Mar2
Apr9
May21
Jun40
Jul20
Aug16
Sep17
Oct3
Nov7
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England52
2Portsmouth England26
3Oxfordshire England3
4Essex England3
5Suffolk England2
6Kent England2
7Gwynedd Wales2
8Conwy Wales2
9Southend-on-Sea England2
10Blackpool —2
11Highland Scotland1
12East Riding of Yorkshire England1
13Somerset England1
14Isle of Wight England1
15Wirral England1
142 England1 Scotland3 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 17 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
148
Peak month
June
Counties with records
17
Scientific name
Spartium junceum
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
549
Most recorded in
Sefton
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Spartium
Name with authority
Spartium junceum L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q910358 · GBIF 5355395