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Yellow Pimpernel

Lysimachia nemorum

5,601Records since 2000
MayPeak month
98Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan12
Feb20
Mar35
Apr334
May1,768
Jun1,113
Jul617
Aug367
Sep212
Oct65
Nov21
Dec10

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England955
2Argyll and Bute Scotland353
3Highland Scotland312
4North Yorkshire England170
5Herefordshire, County of England162
6Cumbria England161
7Devon England152
8Powys Wales135
9Sheffield England132
10Dumfries and Galloway Scotland74
11Essex England73
12Gwynedd Wales70
13Kent England69
14Surrey England69
15Perth and Kinross Scotland67
3,210 England965 Scotland285 Wales59 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 98 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,601
Peak month
May
Counties with records
98
Scientific name
Lysimachia nemorum
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
26,616
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Primulaceae
Genus
Lysimachia
Name with authority
Lysimachia nemorum L.
Contributing datasets
39

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 7702019