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Sweet William [Dianthus]

Dianthus barbatus

679Records since 2000
JunePeak month
91Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb0
Mar1
Apr15
May209
Jun274
Jul119
Aug32
Sep15
Oct3
Nov8
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England23
2Cornwall England21
3Kent England17
4Lincolnshire England15
5Cambridgeshire England13
6Surrey England13
7City of Edinburgh Scotland13
8Oxfordshire England12
9Essex England12
10Gloucestershire England12
11Suffolk England11
12Highland Scotland11
13Norfolk England10
14Somerset England10
15Nottinghamshire England8
38 England9 Scotland7 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 91 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
679
Peak month
June
Counties with records
91
Scientific name
Dianthus barbatus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
402
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Genus
Dianthus
Name with authority
Dianthus barbatus L.
Contributing datasets
6

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161745 · GBIF 3085421