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Stinking Hellebore

Helleborus foetidus

2,647Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
92Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan265
Feb340
Mar526
Apr383
May244
Jun136
Jul111
Aug113
Sep120
Oct115
Nov112
Dec106

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England110
2Suffolk England100
3Oxfordshire England100
4Worcestershire England100
5Norfolk England94
6Surrey England85
7Kent England71
8Essex England71
9Gloucestershire England70
10Devon England68
11Northamptonshire England64
12North Yorkshire England46
13Lincolnshire England45
14Herefordshire, County of England42
15Nottinghamshire England36
834 England18 Scotland19 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 92 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,647
Peak month
March
Counties with records
92
Scientific name
Helleborus foetidus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,111
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ranunculales
Family
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Helleborus
Name with authority
Helleborus foetidus L.
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q149421 · GBIF 6375040