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Herbarium specimen: Poa compressa

Taxon:Poaceae: Poa compressa L. ("Flattened Meadow-grass")
Filed in taxon folder:Poaceae: Poa compressa L. ("Flattened Meadow-grass")
Collected by:Mr Joseph Edward Little
Collection date:21/6/1920
Locality:Great Britain, VC20 Hertfordshire, Hitchin, TL12, Wymondley Road.
ex herb:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Mr Joseph Edward Little
exchanged:Watson Botanical Exchange Club
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Poa compressa herbarium specimen from Hitchin, VC20 Hertfordshire in 1920 by Mr Joseph Edward Little.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:Fl. gl. not webbed, denticulate on midrib.
L.C. 1920 [c]
A var[ity] of P. compressa
Seems to answer to Parnells descrip[tion]. but a mere form , and polynoda is a var[ity of Poa compressa. A.R. Bennett 22/1/1921.
[And fixed to sheet a clipping] " W.B.E.C reprint 1921 p 150"

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Documented by hallucigenia on 16th April 2010.

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