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Sweet Cicely

Myrrhis odorata

1,845Records since 2000
MayPeak month
94Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan8
Feb1
Mar26
Apr328
May705
Jun362
Jul205
Aug70
Sep29
Oct22
Nov15
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1East Lothian Scotland110
2North Yorkshire England106
3Perth and Kinross Scotland90
4Highland Scotland72
5Aberdeenshire Scotland72
6Cumbria England62
7City of Edinburgh Scotland60
8Sheffield England54
9Moray Scotland54
10Sefton England40
11Aberdeen City Scotland40
12Worcestershire England36
13Fife Scotland34
14Norfolk England24
15Argyll and Bute Scotland22
639 England442 Scotland5 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 94 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,845
Peak month
May
Counties with records
94
Scientific name
Myrrhis odorata
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,681
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Apiales
Family
Apiaceae
Genus
Myrrhis
Name with authority
Myrrhis odorata (L.) Scop.
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1137175 · GBIF 3034681