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Herbarium specimen: Centranthus ruber

Taxon:Centranthus ruber (L.) DC. ("Red Valerian")
Filed in taxon folder:Centranthus ruber (L.) DC. ("Red Valerian")
Collected by:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Collection date:6/1932
Locality:Great Britain, VC6 North Somerset, Brean Down, ST301588, "On carboniferous limestone rocks, at East point, by the framhouse"
communicated:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Centranthus ruber herbarium specimen from Brean Down, VC6 North Somerset in 1932 by Mr Harold Stuart Thompson.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:1. "The deep red (not pink) form".
2. "This deep red form is seen in some other parts of N. Somerset as e.g. Rly cutting just W. of Axbridge, where an immense colony of both forms has long been known H.S.T."

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Documented by mikedaps on 13th January 2010.

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