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Yellow Loosestrife

Lysimachia vulgaris

3,088Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
89Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar1
Apr12
May47
Jun320
Jul1,118
Aug1,069
Sep175
Oct50
Nov6
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England852
2Cambridgeshire England193
3Cumbria England118
4Worcestershire England108
5Devon England56
6York England51
7Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland45
8Suffolk England44
9Surrey England42
10North Yorkshire England40
11Doncaster England36
12Oxfordshire England34
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland32
14Scottish Borders Scotland28
15Powys Wales25
2,035 England94 Scotland119 Wales58 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 89 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,088
Peak month
July
Counties with records
89
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Lysimachia vulgaris
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
7,444
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Primulaceae
Genus
Lysimachia
Name with authority
Lysimachia vulgaris L.
Contributing datasets
42

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q147843 · GBIF 3169386