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Herbarium specimen: Oxytropis campestris

Taxon:Fabaceae: Oxytropis campestris (L.) DC. ("Yellow Oxytropis")
Filed in taxon folder:Fabaceae: Oxytropis campestris (L.) DC. ("Yellow Oxytropis")
Collected by:Mr Alexander Croall
Collection date:7/1853
Locality:Great Britain, VC90 Angus, Clova,Glen Fee, NO27
ex herb:John Gilbert Baker
Prof George Stephen West
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Oxytropis campestris herbarium specimen from Clova,Glen Fee, VC90 Angus in 1853 by Mr Alexander Croall.
fruits/flowers:buds/immature flowers
notes:The spelling on the label is Glen Fiach, but this is undoubtedly the Glen Fee described by John Raven in the New Naturalist "Mountain Flowers" where the habitat of this great rarity is described in chapter 9.

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Documented by john hughes on 11th April 2009.

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