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Wild Leek

Allium ampeloprasum

78Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
18Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar0
Apr3
May10
Jun20
Jul24
Aug6
Sep6
Oct2
Nov1
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England15
2Isles of Scilly England8
3Oxfordshire England6
4Highland Scotland6
5Dorset England4
6Somerset England3
7Shetland Islands —3
8Ards and North Down Northern Ireland3
9Gwynedd Wales2
10West Berkshire England2
11Brighton and Hove England2
12Surrey England1
13Lincolnshire England1
14North Yorkshire England1
15Gloucestershire England1
50 England10 Scotland4 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 18 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
78
Peak month
July
Counties with records
18
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Allium ampeloprasum
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
561
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Amaryllidaceae
Genus
Allium
Name with authority
Allium ampeloprasum L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q148995 · GBIF 2856037