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Herbarium specimen: Epilobium hirsutum

Taxon:Onagraceae: Epilobium hirsutum L. ("Great Willowherb")
Filed in taxon folder:Onagraceae: Epilobium hirsutum L. ("Great Willowherb")
Collected by:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Collection date:10/9/1921 to 16/9/1921
Locality:Great Britain, VC6 North Somerset, Yatton, ST46, Roadside shrine Kennet and Avon Canal near' 'covering several yards of border of dried up ditch, H.S.T.
ex herb:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Epilobium hirsutum herbarium specimen from Yatton, VC6 North Somerset in 1921 by Mr Harold Stuart Thompson.Epilobium hirsutum herbarium specimen from Yatton, VC6 North Somerset in 1921 by Mr Harold Stuart Thompson.Epilobium hirsutum herbarium specimen from Yatton, VC6 North Somerset in 1921 by Mr Harold Stuart Thompson.Epilobium hirsutum herbarium specimen from Yatton, VC6 North Somerset in 1921 by Mr Harold Stuart Thompson.
fruits/flowers:no flowers
notes:'Kew' says mine is [sic] no trace of fungus insect injury . It seems probable that the condition is due to constitutional genetic abnormality. In other words it is a "sport" due to abnormal genetics.
See report W.B.E.C. for 1921 [1922] p.173

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