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Woodruff

Galium odoratum

4,693Records since 2000
MayPeak month
120Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan37
Feb51
Mar83
Apr762
May1,881
Jun557
Jul274
Aug182
Sep133
Oct87
Nov58
Dec35

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England559
2Gloucestershire England162
3North Yorkshire England137
4Herefordshire, County of England121
5Oxfordshire England114
6Powys Wales98
7Argyll and Bute Scotland94
8Surrey England69
9Sheffield England68
10Highland Scotland64
11Devon England62
12Cumbria England62
13Somerset England56
14Telford and Wrekin England49
15Kent England46
2,271 England362 Scotland169 Wales42 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 120 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,693
Peak month
May
Counties with records
120
Scientific name
Galium odoratum
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
13,037
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Galium
Name with authority
Galium odoratum (L.) Scop.
Contributing datasets
40

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161090 · GBIF 2914642