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Toothwort

Lathraea squamaria

1,454Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
57Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb10
Mar276
Apr778
May234
Jun18
Jul6
Aug2
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England178
2North Yorkshire England106
3Cumbria England57
4Powys Wales52
5Herefordshire, County of England50
6Scottish Borders Scotland43
7Kent England34
8Dudley England30
9Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland29
10Sheffield England28
11Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland27
12Bristol, City of England26
13Surrey England25
14Gloucestershire England24
15Northamptonshire England23
919 England76 Scotland87 Wales59 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 57 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,454
Peak month
April
Counties with records
57
Scientific name
Lathraea squamaria
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,323
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Orobanchaceae
Genus
Lathraea
Name with authority
Lathraea squamaria L.
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158112 · GBIF 3738478