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Wild Teasel

Dipsacus fullonum

10,799Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
117Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan204
Feb281
Mar356
Apr1,139
May1,029
Jun1,691
Jul2,302
Aug1,702
Sep708
Oct435
Nov296
Dec182

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England497
2Cambridgeshire England343
3Essex England326
4Oxfordshire England293
5Halton England260
6Suffolk England246
7Sefton England203
8Portsmouth England186
9Kent England172
10Surrey England142
11Norfolk England126
12Dorset England112
13St. Helens England104
14Cornwall England101
15Somerset England99
8,819 England257 Scotland180 Wales20 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 117 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
10,799
Peak month
July
Counties with records
117
Scientific name
Dipsacus fullonum
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
7,592
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Dipsacales
Family
Caprifoliaceae
Genus
Dipsacus
Name with authority
Dipsacus fullonum L.
Contributing datasets
45

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8435025