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Water Avens

Geum rivale

3,609Records since 2000
MayPeak month
99Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb3
Mar19
Apr443
May1,443
Jun846
Jul329
Aug145
Sep91
Oct26
Nov12
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland434
2North Yorkshire England260
3Cumbria England221
4Perth and Kinross Scotland184
5Argyll and Bute Scotland155
6Dumfries and Galloway Scotland72
7Worcestershire England65
8East Lothian Scotland65
9West Lothian Scotland60
10Scottish Borders Scotland58
11Stirling Scotland58
12Norfolk England56
13Lincolnshire England55
14South Lanarkshire Scotland52
15Sefton England47
1,233 England1,163 Scotland47 Wales36 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 99 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,609
Peak month
May
Counties with records
99
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Geum rivale
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
13,958
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Geum
Name with authority
Geum rivale L.
Contributing datasets
41

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161625 · GBIF 5369701