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Herbarium specimen: Spergularia marina

Taxon:Caryophyllaceae: Spergularia marina (L.) Griseb. ("Lesser Sea-spurrey")
named by James Alexander Ratter 1957

as S. marginata

Filed in taxon folder:Caryophyllaceae: Spergularia marina (L.) Griseb. ("Lesser Sea-spurrey")
Collected by:Thomas Atkinson Cotton
Collection date:6/1886
Locality:Great Britain, VC14 East Sussex, Eastbourne, TQ60
ex herb:T A & C Cotton
Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Spergularia marina herbarium specimen from Eastbourne, VC14 East Sussex in 1886 by Thomas Atkinson Cotton.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:There appear to be two species on here according to ratter?
Filing note:Spergularia salina var neglecta

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+Spergularia marinaGB, VC14 East Sussex, EastbourneThomas Atkinson Cotton6/1886BIRM

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 taxonlocalitycollectorsdateinstitution
+Spergularia marinaGB, VC14 East Sussex, EastbourneThomas Atkinson Cotton6/1886BIRM

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