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Water Purslane

Lythrum portula

530Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
41Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar1
Apr5
May35
Jun62
Jul130
Aug82
Sep60
Oct18
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England150
2Powys Wales29
3Herefordshire, County of England18
4Argyll and Bute Scotland17
5Surrey England16
6York England14
7Cornwall England13
8Angus Scotland10
9Norfolk England8
10Cumbria England8
11Sheffield England6
12Cambridgeshire England5
13Kent England5
14Highland Scotland5
15Devon England5
421 England48 Scotland45 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 41 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
530
Peak month
July
Counties with records
41
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Lythrum portula
Also known as
Water-purslane
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,688
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Myrtales
Family
Lythraceae
Genus
Lythrum
Name with authority
Lythrum portula (L.) D.A.Webb
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1035400 · GBIF 3188743