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Herbarium specimen: Myosoton aquaticum

Taxon:Caryophyllaceae: Myosoton aquaticum (L.) Moench ("Water Chickweed")
Filed in taxon folder:Caryophyllaceae: Myosoton aquaticum (L.) Moench ("Water Chickweed")
Collected by:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Collection date:19/9/1934
Locality:Great Britain, VC6 North Somerset, blagdon reservoir, ST5059, North side on dry ground [water still very low].
ex herb:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Myosoton aquaticum herbarium specimen from blagdon reservoir, VC6 North Somerset in 1934 by Mr Harold Stuart Thompson.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:The plants here [N. side] all are short, & at present bleached but not purple blotched, except some that are slightly tipped w. purple at the axis. fruiting plants mostly only 6"-12" high.
Packet on T/L of sheet [ seeds of Stellaria aquatica Blagdon reservoir N.E. side 19 Sept. 1934.
Plants not blotched but bleached.

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Documented by hallucigenia on 17th May 2009.

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