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White Helleborine

Cephalanthera damasonium

661Records since 2000
MayPeak month
15Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar1
Apr15
May374
Jun194
Jul29
Aug16
Sep1
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England99
2Surrey England52
3Kent England49
4Gloucestershire England32
5Cambridgeshire England28
6Brighton and Hove England16
7Medway England14
8West Berkshire England6
9Herefordshire, County of England4
10Lincolnshire England3
11Dorset England2
12Northamptonshire England2
13Essex England1
14Fife Scotland1
15Portsmouth England1
512 England1 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 15 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
661
Peak month
May
Counties with records
15
Scientific name
Cephalanthera damasonium
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,547
Most recorded in
Oxfordshire, Surrey
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Cephalanthera
Name with authority
Cephalanthera damasonium (Mill.) Druce
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158126 · GBIF 2795952