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Herbarium specimen: Centaurea nigra

Taxon:Asteraceae: Centaurea nigra L. ("Common Knapweed")
Filed in taxon folder:Asteraceae: Centaurea nigra L. ("Common Knapweed")
Collected by:Rev William Richardson Linton
Collection date:13/8/1895
Locality:Great Britain, VC48 Merionethshire, Cwm Bychan, SH6431
ex herb:Rev William Hunt Painter
Institution:Aberystwyth University Herbarium (ABS)
Image:Centaurea nigra herbarium specimen from Cwm Bychan, VC48 Merionethshire in 1895 by Rev William Richardson Linton.
fruits/flowers:buds/immature flowers
notes:The type, which was common in the district, rather suddenly gave way to the rayed form at alt. 600 feet above Cwm Bychan

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Documented by mossysal on 19th January 2008.

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