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Wild Basil

Clinopodium vulgare

3,508Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
65Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb2
Mar5
Apr38
May44
Jun245
Jul1,321
Aug1,035
Sep381
Oct165
Nov31
Dec14

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England219
2Oxfordshire England194
3Gloucestershire England102
4Cambridgeshire England98
5Herefordshire, County of England92
6Surrey England90
7Kent England76
8Suffolk England60
9West Berkshire England52
10Essex England49
11North Yorkshire England47
12Devon England46
13Dorset England41
14Brighton and Hove England39
15Rutland England35
2,155 England19 Scotland34 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 65 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,508
Peak month
July
Counties with records
65
Scientific name
Clinopodium vulgare
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
10,164
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Clinopodium
Name with authority
Clinopodium vulgare L.
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q163952 · GBIF 2926945