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Herbarium specimen: Cirsium acaule

Taxon:Asteraceae: Cirsium acaule (L.) Scop. ("Dwarf Thistle")
Filed in taxon folder:Asteraceae: Cirsium acaule (L.) Scop. ("Dwarf Thistle")
Collected by:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Collection date:14/8/1935
Locality:Great Britain, VC6 North Somerset, Bath, ST76, In large tufts [and] very variable in long grass, border of Hampton down.
ex herb:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Cirsium acaule herbarium specimen from Bath, VC6 North Somerset in 1935 by Mr Harold Stuart Thompson.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Some of the plants were taller then this [and] bearing 3-5 heads of fl[ower]s H.S.T.. [ A good series sent to B.E.C. Nov 1935.

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Documented by hallucigenia on 13th June 2010.

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