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Herbarium specimen: Oenothera stricta

Taxon:Onagraceae: Oenothera stricta Ledeb. ex Link ("Fragrant Evening-primrose")
Filed in taxon folder:Onagraceae: Oenothera stricta Ledeb. ex Link ("Fragrant Evening-primrose")
Collected by:Rev Douglas Montague Heath
Collection date:17/7/1914 to 25/7/1916
Locality:Great Britain, VC10 Isle of Wight, Saint Helens, SZ68, Sand dunes St Helen's Spit, planted here by Dr. Bromfield in 1848, and still flourishing
ex herb:Rev Douglas Montague Heath
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Oenothera stricta herbarium specimen from Saint Helens, VC10 Isle of Wight in 1914 by Rev Douglas Montague Heath.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:" A Patagonian species recently established n the s[outh] w[est] coasts of England" Bentham and Hooker stated in local flora to have been planted at St Helens 50 years ago.

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Documented by hallucigenia following initial work by keith barnett on 26th January 2009.

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