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Hottonia palustris

598Records since 2000
MayPeak month
36Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb8
Mar12
Apr61
May138
Jun65
Jul83
Aug44
Sep33
Oct19
Nov8
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England129
2Worcestershire England112
3Cambridgeshire England73
4Suffolk England72
5York England33
6Lincolnshire England28
7Doncaster England16
8Oxfordshire England13
9East Riding of Yorkshire England8
10Cheshire East England8
11North Tyneside England7
12Isle of Anglesey Wales5
13Rotherham England4
14Herefordshire, County of England4
15Kent England2
538 England4 Scotland4 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 36 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
598
Peak month
May
Counties with records
36
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Hottonia palustris
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,741
Conservation designations
Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Primulaceae
Genus
Hottonia
Name with authority
Hottonia palustris L.
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q157882 · GBIF 4006551