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Herbarium specimen: Viola reichenbachiana

Taxon:Violaceae: Viola reichenbachiana Jord. ex Boreau ("Early Dog-violet")
Filed in taxon folder:Violaceae: Viola reichenbachiana Jord. ex Boreau ("Early Dog-violet")
Collected by:Rev. Augustin Ley
Collection date:1/5/1906
Locality:Great Britain, VC36 Herefordshire, Caradoc, SO52, wood
ex herb:Rev. Augustin Ley
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Viola reichenbachiana herbarium specimen from Caradoc, VC36 Herefordshire in 1906 by Rev. Augustin Ley.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:This appears to be rather the hybrid of V. silvestris X Rivimana then the var[ity] uemoersa Neum of riviniana, which Newman describes thus :- " is of lower stature [and] has calyx apps. only 1/2 as long[as riviniana]ESS
Babington name is misleading on this point

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Documented by hallucigenia on 27th January 2010.

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