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Woolly Thistle

Lophiolepis eriophora

912Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
34Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb0
Mar4
Apr36
May102
Jun152
Jul351
Aug183
Sep34
Oct12
Nov2
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gloucestershire England123
2Oxfordshire England89
3Worcestershire England39
4North Yorkshire England38
5Bath and North East Somerset England34
6Northamptonshire England30
7Dorset England25
8Somerset England23
9Rutland England23
10Cambridgeshire England16
11Herefordshire, County of England12
12Bristol, City of England9
13Peterborough England7
14Essex England6
15East Riding of Yorkshire England5
595 England8 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 34 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
912
Peak month
July
Counties with records
34
Scientific name
Lophiolepis eriophora
Group
Flowering plants
Most recorded in
Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Lophiolepis
Name with authority
Lophiolepis eriophora (L.) Del Guacchio, Bures, Iamonico & P.Caputo
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 12171609