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Herbarium specimen: Orobanche rapum-genistae

Taxon:Orobanchaceae: Orobanche rapum-genistae Thuill. ("Greater Broomrape")
named by Leonard John Margetts 15/3/1978
Filed in taxon folder:Orobanchaceae: Orobanche rapum-genistae Thuill. ("Greater Broomrape")
Collected by:C H Peter
Collection date:6/1891
Locality:Great Britain, VC2 East Cornwall, Craigmoor, Launceston, SX332841, as a parasite on Broom in a garden
ex herb:William Wise
Institution:Launceston Museum (LAUS)
Image:Orobanche rapum-genistae herbarium specimen from Craigmoor, Launceston, VC2 East Cornwall in 1891 by C H Peter.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Craigmore is a large house in garden near Windmill in Launceston, and it is highly likely that this is where the specimen is from.

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Documented by qgroom on 11th January 2008.

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