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Yellow Water-lily

Nuphar lutea

1,971Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
84Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb2
Mar8
Apr85
May206
Jun479
Jul521
Aug345
Sep101
Oct21
Nov7
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England144
2Worcestershire England144
3Cambridgeshire England119
4Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland91
5Suffolk England83
6Essex England44
7Powys Wales41
8Oxfordshire England38
9Sefton England38
10Liverpool England34
11Warrington England32
12Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland28
13Surrey England27
14Argyll and Bute Scotland25
15York England25
1,517 England84 Scotland99 Wales160 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 84 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,971
Peak month
July
Counties with records
84
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Nuphar lutea
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
7,876
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Nymphaeales
Family
Nymphaeaceae
Genus
Nuphar
Name with authority
Nuphar lutea (L.) Sibth. & Sm.
Contributing datasets
42

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q146406 · GBIF 7551339