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Herbarium specimen: Otanthus maritimus

Taxon:Asteraceae: Otanthus maritimus (L.) Hoffmanns. & Link ("Cottonweed")
Filed in taxon folder:Asteraceae: Otanthus maritimus (L.) Hoffmanns. & Link ("Cottonweed")
Collected by:Mr James Cosmo Melvill
Collection date:7/1876
Locality:Great Britain, VC113 Channel Islands, Saint Ouen's Bay, Jersey, SV54, St owen's bay Jersey
ex herb:Rev William Hunt Painter
Rev Henry Elliott Fox
Institution:Aberystwyth University Herbarium (ABS)
Image:Otanthus maritimus herbarium specimen from Saint Ouen's Bay, Jersey, VC113 Channel Islands in 1876 by Mr James Cosmo Melvill.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:nearly extinct
The Melvill(e) referred to on the sheet is probably James Cosmo Melvill - there are other Jersey sheets for July 1876.

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Documented by lowfatspread on 4th May 2008.

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