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Turk's-cap

Aconitum napellus

577Records since 2000
JunePeak month
81Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb2
Mar14
Apr54
May109
Jun153
Jul139
Aug54
Sep16
Oct7
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England38
2North Yorkshire England35
3Cumbria England32
4Highland Scotland29
5Somerset England23
6Devon England18
7Cornwall England14
8Herefordshire, County of England14
9Dorset England13
10Norfolk England12
11Perth and Kinross Scotland11
12Powys Wales10
13Aberdeenshire Scotland10
14Pembrokeshire Wales9
15Scottish Borders Scotland9
110 England27 Scotland12 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 81 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
577
Peak month
June
Counties with records
81
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Aconitum napellus
Also known as
Monk's Hood
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,130
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ranunculales
Family
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Aconitum
Name with authority
Aconitum napellus L.
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159218 · GBIF 3033665