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Herbarium specimen: Parnassia palustris

Taxon:Saxifragaceae: Parnassia palustris L. ("Grass-of-Parnassus")

var condensata

Collected by:Dr Richard Charles L'Estrange Burges
Collection date:26/7/1936
Locality:Great Britain, VC59 South Lancashire, Freshfield, SD20
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Parnassia palustris herbarium specimen from Freshfield, VC59 South Lancashire in 1936 by Dr Richard Charles L'Estrange Burges.
collector's number:720b
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Number of scapes 4 to 20 flowers larger then type bract higher on scape, stout rigid stems, divided crowns squat foliage.
Filing note:Saxifragaceae

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Documented by hallucigenia on 3rd June 2011.

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