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Herbarium specimen: Eleocharis palustris

Taxon:Cyperaceae: Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult. ("Common Spike-rush")
named by Robert Reid Mill 8/1934

This appears to be S palustris not uniglunus no developed fruit?

Filed in taxon folder:Cyperaceae: Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult. ("Common Spike-rush")
Collected by:Rev Douglas Montague Heath
Collection date:15/6/1915
Locality:Great Britain, VC85 Fifeshire, Tents Muir, NO42, St Andrews
ex herb:Rev Douglas Montague Heath
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Eleocharis palustris herbarium specimen from Tents Muir, VC85 Fifeshire in 1915 by Rev Douglas Montague Heath.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits

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