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Herbarium specimen: Alisma plantago-aquatica

Taxon:Alisma plantago-aquatica L. ("Water-plantain")
Filed in taxon folder:Alisma plantago-aquatica L. ("Water-plantain")
Collected by:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Collection date:31/10/1929
Locality:Great Britain, VC6 North Somerset, Clevedon, ST47, Wolton peat moor Near'
ex herb:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Alisma plantago-aquatica herbarium specimen from Clevedon, VC6 North Somerset in 1929 by Mr Harold Stuart Thompson.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:Late autumn state, showing bulbous root stock, with deflexed leaves which were adhering to the long fibrous roots [cut short here] as were algae and Chara in many specimens, forming an entangled mass tenaciously holding to submerged aquatics and the peat at bottom of rhine.
[Small packet at top right of sheet] " Alisma plantago a thin section of the bulbous root stock cut after being half dried in press]

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