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Watercress

Nasturtium officinale

2,659Records since 2000
JunePeak month
95Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan17
Feb13
Mar38
Apr76
May261
Jun503
Jul482
Aug448
Sep150
Oct49
Nov18
Dec8

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England361
2Suffolk England218
3North Yorkshire England143
4Doncaster England130
5Nottinghamshire England120
6Norfolk England112
7Herefordshire, County of England79
8North Lincolnshire England73
9Lincolnshire England69
10East Riding of Yorkshire England45
11Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland45
12Powys Wales38
13Cambridgeshire England37
14Sefton England36
15Devon England35
2,099 England144 Scotland185 Wales140 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 95 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,659
Peak month
June
Counties with records
95
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Nasturtium officinale
Also known as
Water-cress
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
35,154
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Brassicales
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Nasturtium
Name with authority
Nasturtium officinale R.Br.
Contributing datasets
44

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q150452 · GBIF 7701037