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Squirting Cucumber

Ecballium elaterium

51Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
14Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr1
May1
Jun3
Jul9
Aug15
Sep12
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England8
2Isle of Wight England7
3Surrey England6
4Oxfordshire England5
5Suffolk England3
6Kent England3
7Essex England2
8Lincolnshire England2
9Cornwall England1
10Gloucestershire England1
11Bristol, City of England1
12Brighton and Hove England1
13Southend-on-Sea England1
14Derby England1
8 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 14 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
51
Peak month
August
Counties with records
14
Scientific name
Ecballium elaterium
Group
Flowering plants
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Cucurbitales
Family
Cucurbitaceae
Genus
Ecballium
Name with authority
Ecballium elaterium (L.) A.Rich.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q157877 · GBIF 2874680