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Sweet Violet

Viola odorata

4,784Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
86Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan189
Feb541
Mar1,889
Apr646
May276
Jun205
Jul153
Aug134
Sep135
Oct100
Nov87
Dec92

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England354
2Oxfordshire England207
3Norfolk England163
4Essex England137
5Suffolk England135
6Cambridgeshire England103
7Kent England96
8Surrey England70
9Somerset England65
10West Berkshire England64
11York England61
12Herefordshire, County of England58
13North Yorkshire England55
14Rutland England50
15Portsmouth England48
4,029 England14 Scotland67 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 86 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,784
Peak month
March
Counties with records
86
Scientific name
Viola odorata
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
21,787
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Violaceae
Genus
Viola
Name with authority
Viola odorata L.
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q108684 · GBIF 5331181