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Herbarium specimen: Saxifraga hirsuta

Taxon:Saxifragaceae: Saxifraga hirsuta L. ("Kidney Saxifrage")
Filed in taxon folder:Saxifragaceae: Saxifraga hirsuta L. ("Kidney Saxifrage")
Collected by:Rachel Ford Thompson
F P Thompson
Collection date:5/7/1890
Locality:Great Britain, VC64 Mid-west Yorkshire, Chapel-le-Dale, SD77
ex herb:Prof Charles Cardale Babington
Rachel Ford Thompson
Rev. Edward Francis Linton
Rev William Hunt Painter
F P Thompson
Botanical Exchange Club of The British Isles
Institution:Aberystwyth University Herbarium (ABS)
Image:Saxifraga hirsuta herbarium specimen from Chapel-le-Dale, VC64 Mid-west Yorkshire in 1890 by Rachel Ford Thompson.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:Saxifraga Geum, L. var. Naturalized on the sides of some of the "potholes" in the limestone, Chapel-le-Dale, Mid-west Yorks, 5th July,1890. It the plant was originally introduced, it has since made itself perfectly at home, hanging in long beautiful festoons over the limestone rocks that form the sides of these gruesome places.-R. F. & F. P. Thompson.

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+Saxifraga hirsutaGB, VC64 Mid-west Yorkshire, Chapel-le-DaleF P Thompson
Rachel Ford Thompson
8/7/1890ABS

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