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Sun Spurge

Euphorbia helioscopia

3,518Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
105Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan87
Feb68
Mar137
Apr350
May260
Jun396
Jul659
Aug535
Sep353
Oct182
Nov78
Dec47

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England343
2Sefton England112
3Suffolk England108
4Oxfordshire England105
5Norfolk England89
6Essex England84
7Cambridgeshire England66
8Kent England60
9Telford and Wrekin England56
10Cornwall England50
11North Yorkshire England47
12Kingston upon Hull, City of England45
13Lincolnshire England34
14Somerset England34
15Gloucestershire England34
2,481 England72 Scotland48 Wales13 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 105 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,518
Peak month
July
Counties with records
105
Scientific name
Euphorbia helioscopia
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
21,222
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Genus
Euphorbia
Name with authority
Euphorbia helioscopia L.
Contributing datasets
34

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q148889 · GBIF 3066367