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Herbarium specimen: Orchis mascula

Taxon:Orchidaceae: Orchis mascula (L.) L. ("Early-purple Orchid")
named by James B Phipps 24/8/1956
Filed in taxon folder:Orchidaceae: Orchis mascula (L.) L. ("Early-purple Orchid")
Collected by:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Collection date:3/4/1923
Locality:Great Britain, VC6 North Somerset, Sandford, ST45, Sandford Hill
ex herb:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Orchis mascula herbarium specimen from Sandford, VC6 North Somerset in 1923 by Mr Harold Stuart Thompson.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:pale purple flowers with green not purple pedicels; & leaves without spots; one unopened specimen was almost white.

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 taxonlocalitycollectorsdateinstitution
+Orchis masculaGB, VC6 North Somerset, LansdownHarold Stuart Thompson
Herbert William Pugsley
24/4/1923BIRM
+Orchis masculaGB, VC34 West Gloucestershire, Aust4/1924BIRM

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Documented by oldnick on 22nd October 2010.

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