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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:11/6/1934
Locality:Great Britain, VC6 North Somerset, Ashcott, ST43, Ashcott peat moor
ex herb:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Myosoton aquaticum herbarium specimen from Ashcott, VC6 North Somerset in 1934 by Mr Harold Stuart Thompson.
fruits/flowers:no flowers
notes:coll. with A.L. Still. Green, but merely dark purple at base of mid-view & extreme base of each section of main stem, forming a broad purple spot at each axil. Leaves very lanceolate with sinuous border.

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+Myosoton aquaticumGB, VC6 North Somerset, Sharpham MoorHarold Stuart ThompsonBIRM

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Documented by oldnick on 23rd October 2009.

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