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Herbarium specimen: Lithospermum officinale

Taxon:Boraginaceae: Lithospermum officinale L. ("Common Gromwell")
Filed in taxon folder:Boraginaceae: Lithospermum officinale L. ("Common Gromwell")
Collected by:Rev Douglas Montague Heath
Collection date:9/10/1951
Locality:Great Britain, VC23 Oxfordshire, Ditchley Park, SP3821, "Wood in park."
ex herb:Rev Douglas Montague Heath
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Lithospermum officinale herbarium specimen from Ditchley Park, VC23 Oxfordshire in 1951 by Rev Douglas Montague Heath.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:Rev. Heath writes: "This fruiting stem had retained many fruits of 1950. Some have dropped off in pressing." He also notes on the sheet that a portion of the root is deep red and that it has stained the paper purple.

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Documented by john hughes on 19th February 2009.

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