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Herbarium specimen: Dipsacus fullonum

Taxon:Dipsacus fullonum L. ("Wild Teasel")
Filed in taxon folder:Dipsacus fullonum L. ("Wild Teasel")
Collected by:Mr Thomas Clark
Collection date:5/7/1847
Locality:Great Britain, VC6 North Somerset, Weston-super-Mare, ST3261
ex herb:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Mr Thomas Clark
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Dipsacus fullonum herbarium specimen from Weston-super-Mare, VC6 North Somerset in 1847 by Mr Thomas Clark.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Note by Harold Stuart Thomas, Feb 1938 "The Fullers Teasel is still cultivated occaisionally on stiff clays on the Polden district of Somerset. I saw a field or two of it thus about 1930 or since"

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Documented by kenilworth on 9th January 2010.

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