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Herbarium specimen: Silene dioica

Taxon:Caryophyllaceae: Silene dioica (L.) Clairv. ("Red Campion")
Filed in taxon folder:Caryophyllaceae: Silene dioica (L.) Clairv. ("Red Campion")
Collected by:Mr T Edward Belcher
Collection date:23/6/1913
Locality:Cultivated Great Britain, VC21 Middlesex, Ealing, TQ17, Seed collected by Mr Belcher of West Ealing [in] 1912, and grown by him and sent :- 23/6/13.
communicated:Mr T Edward Belcher
ex herb:Charles Baylis Green
Institution:South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
Image:Silene dioica herbarium specimen from Ealing, VC21 Middlesex in 1913 by Mr T Edward Belcher.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Note: Double excepted as a wild p[lant], an interesting collection. C.B.G.
Mr Belcher says:- 'I find that the [male symbol] [flowers] are invariably of a much deeper colour [and] the calyx much narrower.

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