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Herbarium specimen: Hermodactylus tuberosus

Taxon:Iridaceae: Hermodactylus tuberosus (L.) Mill. ("Snake's-head Iris")
Collected by:Dr Richard Charles L'Estrange Burges
Collection date:24/3/1940
Locality:Great Britain, VC4 North Devon, Woolacombe, SS44, Sandy ground near bowling green.
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Hermodactylus tuberosus herbarium specimen from Woolacombe, VC4 North Devon in 1940 by Dr Richard Charles L'Estrange Burges.
collector's number:1832
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Dr F. Ellinton Wright who showed me this plant has known it here for 25 years. He has been unable to trace it from near by houses, [originally the conditions were far more native than now]
Filing note:Iris to Juncus

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Documented by hallucigenia on 4th June 2011.

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