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Herbarium specimen: Hippocrepis comosa

Taxon:Fabaceae: Hippocrepis comosa L. ("Horseshoe Vetch")
Filed in taxon folder:Fabaceae: Hippocrepis comosa L. ("Horseshoe Vetch")
Collected by:Rev. William Robert Crotch
Collection date:1850
Locality:Great Britain, VC6 North Somerset, Worle Hill, ST36, just behind the new houses opposite Knightstone
ex herb:Charles Ottley Groom
Institution:Bolton Museum (BON)
Accession number:30-07-14454
Image:Hippocrepis comosa herbarium specimen from Worle Hill, VC6 North Somerset in 1850 by Rev. William Robert Crotch.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:also on J Down on left of fields towards Ashcomb

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 taxonlocalitycollectorsdateinstitution
+Hippocrepis comosaGB, VC34 West Gloucestershire, Saint Vincent's RocksHenry Franklin Parsons26/5/1870BON

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