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Spring Cinquefoil

Potentilla verna

116Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
13Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb1
Mar5
Apr40
May22
Jun18
Jul5
Aug10
Sep3
Oct1
Nov1
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Somerset England13
2Herefordshire, County of England10
3Argyll and Bute Scotland7
4Cumbria England6
5Bristol, City of England3
6North Yorkshire England2
7City of Edinburgh Scotland2
8Suffolk England1
9Worcestershire England1
10East Lothian Scotland1
11West Berkshire England1
12Wakefield England1
13Hartlepool England1
101 England12 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 13 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
116
Peak month
April
Counties with records
13
Scientific name
Potentilla verna
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
419
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Potentilla
Name with authority
Potentilla verna L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8182596