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Armeria maritima

4,703Records since 2000
MayPeak month
78Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan35
Feb26
Mar54
Apr425
May1,276
Jun996
Jul753
Aug512
Sep322
Oct137
Nov32
Dec52

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland399
2Argyll and Bute Scotland356
3Cornwall England306
4Gwynedd Wales207
5Pembrokeshire Wales170
6Devon England160
7Isle of Anglesey Wales154
8Scottish Borders Scotland140
9Cumbria England109
10Orkney Islands Scotland108
11Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland105
12Dumfries and Galloway Scotland86
13Shetland Islands —83
14Fife Scotland83
15Norfolk England82
1,575 England1,760 Scotland579 Wales95 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
4,703
Peak month
May
Counties with records
78
Scientific name
Armeria maritima
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
12,280
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Plumbaginaceae
Genus
Armeria
Name with authority
Armeria maritima (Mill.) Willd.
Contributing datasets
34

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q21036 · GBIF 8930531