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Herbarium specimen: Festuca ovina

Taxon:Poaceae: Festuca ovina L. ("Sheep's-fescue")
Other name:Festuca ovina var. glauca
named by Augustin Ley 1884
Filed in taxon folder:Poaceae: Festuca ovina L. ("Sheep's-fescue")
Collected by:Rev. Augustin Ley
Rev. William Henry Purchas
Collection date:9/8/1884
Locality:Great Britain, VC36 Herefordshire, Ross, SO62, "Hedge bank near Ross"
ex herb:Rev. Augustin Ley
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Festuca ovina herbarium specimen from Ross, VC36 Herefordshire in 1884 by Rev. Augustin Ley.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:(W.H.P. monstravit (pointed it out)".. to Ley

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