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Herbarium specimen: Carduus crispus

Taxon:Asteraceae: Carduus crispus L. ("Welted Thistle")
Other name:Compositae: Carduus acanthoides
Filed in taxon folder:Asteraceae: Carduus crispus L. ("Welted Thistle")
Collection date:6/1887
Locality:Great Britain, VC13 West Sussex, Worthing, TQ10, "Hedge near Worthing".
ex herb:Henry Haselfoot Haines
Institution:Aberystwyth University Herbarium (ABS)
Image:Carduus crispus herbarium specimen from Worthing, VC13 West Sussex in 1887.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Haines does not specify the Sussex Worthing but,as there are no records of his for Norfolk, I have excluded the possibility that he meant to refer to the Worthing in that county.

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Documented by john hughes on 14th March 2009.

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