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Herbarium specimen: Nepeta cataria

Taxon:Lamiaceae: Nepeta cataria L. ("Cat-mint")
Filed in taxon folder:Lamiaceae: Nepeta cataria L. ("Cat-mint")
Collected by:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
E S Tregelles
Collection date:26/6/1925
Locality:Great Britain, VC1 West Cornwall, Cubert, SW75, Near Penhale farm, "ford" below roadside bank near a house [Holywell] between Cubert and the sea.
ex herb:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Nepeta cataria herbarium specimen from Cubert, VC1 West Cornwall in 1925 by Mr Harold Stuart Thompson.
fruits/flowers:buds/immature flowers
notes:A very tomatose form with smaller calyxes much less ribbed then usual.
[another specime ] " Same place Aug[est] the 8th 1925 leg' Dr C C Vigurs who says it is not the spot where Dr Eager found it many years ago, [and] not noticed by second botanist.[also] Calyx ribbed when mature.

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Documented by hallucigenia on 6th March 2010.

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