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Herbarium specimen: Centaurea aspera

Taxon:Asteraceae: Centaurea aspera L. ("Rough Star-thistle")
Filed in taxon folder:Asteraceae: Centaurea aspera L. ("Rough Star-thistle")
Collection date:8/1903
Locality:Great Britain, VC59 South Lancashire, Aintree, SJ39, Canal bank
ex herb:Mr James Alfred Wheldon
Institution:Aberystwyth University Herbarium (ABS)
Image:Centaurea aspera herbarium specimen from Aintree, VC59 South Lancashire in 1903.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:says "a procumbent plant with pale purplish flowers and a profusion of interlacing branches"

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Documented by CLL on 18th February 2008.

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