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Water Chickweed

Stellaria aquatica

780Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
39Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb2
Mar1
Apr6
May22
Jun55
Jul155
Aug171
Sep129
Oct61
Nov12
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England94
2Worcestershire England93
3Cambridgeshire England50
4Norfolk England42
5Doncaster England33
6Essex England19
7Surrey England18
8Herefordshire, County of England14
9Oxfordshire England12
10Gloucestershire England10
11Northamptonshire England10
12Powys Wales8
13Sheffield England8
14Telford and Wrekin England7
15Devon England6
758 England18 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 39 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
780
Peak month
August
Counties with records
39
Scientific name
Stellaria aquatica
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,364
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Genus
Stellaria
Name with authority
Stellaria aquatica (L.) Scop.
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q157859 · GBIF 5384501