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Starflower

Lysimachia europaea

586Records since 2000
JunePeak month
17Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr3
May150
Jun238
Jul97
Aug43
Sep29
Oct8
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland268
2Aberdeenshire Scotland99
3Perth and Kinross Scotland45
4North Yorkshire England39
5Moray Scotland35
6Fife Scotland14
7Cumbria England11
8Argyll and Bute Scotland10
9Angus Scotland10
10Aberdeen City Scotland6
11Stirling Scotland5
12Sheffield England3
13Redcar and Cleveland England2
14Clackmannanshire Scotland2
15Shetland Islands —1
70 England463 Scotland

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
586
Peak month
June
Counties with records
17
Scientific name
Lysimachia europaea
Also known as
Chickweed-wintergreen
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
352
Most recorded in
Highland, Aberdeenshire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Primulaceae
Genus
Lysimachia
Name with authority
Lysimachia europaea (L.) U.Manns & Anderb.
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q50346430 · GBIF 8272844