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Spotted Medick

Medicago arabica

3,062Records since 2000
MayPeak month
61Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan52
Feb92
Mar142
Apr514
May970
Jun410
Jul96
Aug126
Sep176
Oct213
Nov144
Dec91

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Essex England190
2Portsmouth England156
3Suffolk England133
4Kent England127
5Oxfordshire England105
6Norfolk England90
7Devon England83
8Cornwall England72
9Cambridgeshire England63
10Surrey England59
11Somerset England47
12Isles of Scilly England31
13Dorset England22
14Northamptonshire England22
15Plymouth England21
2,514 England12 Scotland30 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 61 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,062
Peak month
May
Counties with records
61
Scientific name
Medicago arabica
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
11,156
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Medicago
Name with authority
Medicago arabica (L.) Huds.
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159140 · GBIF 2965527