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Herbarium specimen: Lactuca serriola

Taxon:Asteraceae: Lactuca serriola L. ("Prickly Lettuce")
Filed in taxon folder:Asteraceae: Lactuca serriola L. ("Prickly Lettuce")
Collected by:Dr Richard Neville Lester
Collection date:8/10/1987
Locality:Great Britain, VC38 Warwickshire, Edgbaston, Winterbourne Garden, SP052839, Edgbaston Park Road, Winterbourne Research Centre, (altitude ~200m)
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Lactuca serriola herbarium specimen from Edgbaston, Winterbourne Garden, VC38 Warwickshire in 1987 by Dr Richard Neville Lester.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Becoming established as a weed, since introduction as an MSc research project about 1982.
Locally Common.
Filing note:[missing sheet number]
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Documented by hallucigenia on 17th June 2010.

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