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Vervain

Verbena officinalis

1,221Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
54Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar1
Apr3
May18
Jun132
Jul447
Aug372
Sep168
Oct39
Nov10
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Surrey England85
2Cambridgeshire England48
3Suffolk England41
4Portsmouth England41
5Kent England35
6Norfolk England34
7Dorset England25
8Brighton and Hove England25
9Oxfordshire England21
10Bristol, City of England21
11Somerset England20
12Worcestershire England19
13Medway England19
14Gloucestershire England18
15Essex England16
887 England1 Scotland42 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 54 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,221
Peak month
July
Counties with records
54
Scientific name
Verbena officinalis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,791
Most recorded in
Surrey
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Verbenaceae
Genus
Verbena
Name with authority
Verbena officinalis L.
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161417 · GBIF 2925529