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Spiny Restharrow

Ononis spinosa

3,187Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
80Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar4
Apr59
May166
Jun813
Jul1,090
Aug614
Sep220
Oct27
Nov3
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England243
2Devon England140
3Worcestershire England128
4Cumbria England110
5Portsmouth England97
6Suffolk England90
7Norfolk England83
8Oxfordshire England82
9Essex England69
10Gwynedd Wales68
11Cambridgeshire England67
12East Lothian Scotland56
13Rutland England53
14Isle of Anglesey Wales48
15Cornwall England47
2,459 England194 Scotland263 Wales7 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 80 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,187
Peak month
July
Counties with records
80
Scientific name
Ononis spinosa
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,096
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Ononis
Name with authority
Ononis spinosa L.
Contributing datasets
38

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q160102 · GBIF 2977149