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Wild Pansy

Viola tricolor

725Records since 2000
JunePeak month
75Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb1
Mar3
Apr50
May109
Jun185
Jul143
Aug84
Sep49
Oct20
Nov6
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England66
2Cumbria England60
3Isle of Anglesey Wales58
4Devon England39
5Highland Scotland30
6Aberdeenshire Scotland25
7Sefton England21
8Suffolk England20
9Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland18
10Gwynedd Wales17
11Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland17
12Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland13
13Orkney Islands Scotland12
14Dumfries and Galloway Scotland9
15East Riding of Yorkshire England6
355 England123 Scotland101 Wales34 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 75 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
725
Peak month
June
Counties with records
75
Scientific name
Viola tricolor
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,914
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Violaceae
Genus
Viola
Name with authority
Viola tricolor L.
Contributing datasets
35

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q190326 · GBIF 5331347