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Water-plantain

Alisma plantago-aquatica

3,208Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
97Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb4
Mar16
Apr95
May299
Jun492
Jul852
Aug596
Sep228
Oct52
Nov14
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England349
2Suffolk England265
3Doncaster England150
4Norfolk England123
5Cambridgeshire England98
6North Yorkshire England79
7Sefton England79
8Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland75
9North Lincolnshire England73
10East Riding of Yorkshire England62
11York England49
12Lincolnshire England47
13Powys Wales44
14Herefordshire, County of England42
15Monmouthshire Wales36
2,642 England129 Scotland224 Wales108 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 97 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,208
Peak month
July
Counties with records
97
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Alisma plantago-aquatica
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
16,605
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Alismataceae
Genus
Alisma
Name with authority
Alisma plantago-aquatica L.
Contributing datasets
47

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q21063 · GBIF 2865100