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Water Forget-me-not

Myosotis scorpioides

3,657Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
105Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan9
Feb9
Mar26
Apr75
May256
Jun760
Jul856
Aug701
Sep292
Oct69
Nov27
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England376
2Norfolk England241
3Suffolk England176
4Sefton England158
5Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland123
6Powys Wales114
7North Yorkshire England110
8Scottish Borders Scotland105
9Doncaster England78
10Herefordshire, County of England78
11Cambridgeshire England72
12Cumbria England68
13Highland Scotland54
14Oxfordshire England39
15Devon England39
2,571 England454 Scotland213 Wales183 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 105 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,657
Peak month
July
Counties with records
105
Scientific name
Myosotis scorpioides
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
20,647
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Boraginales
Family
Boraginaceae
Genus
Myosotis
Name with authority
Myosotis scorpioides L.
Contributing datasets
52

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q147165 · GBIF 5341184