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Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

602Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
78Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb2
Mar1
Apr1
May7
Jun41
Jul135
Aug193
Sep123
Oct63
Nov9
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England36
2Worcestershire England20
3Northamptonshire England16
4Norfolk England14
5Kent England13
6Portsmouth England12
7Essex England10
8Oxfordshire England9
9Surrey England9
10Suffolk England8
11Devon England8
12York England8
13Halton England8
14Dudley England6
15Cambridgeshire England5
369 England16 Scotland5 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 78 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
602
Peak month
August
Counties with records
78
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Helianthus annuus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,422
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Helianthus
Name with authority
Helianthus annuus L.
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q171497 · GBIF 9206251